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Creating table using search
- 5 years ago
ShubhamBarnwal here you go !!! one thing - this can't be solved in DAX, DAX simply does not have the capacity to split a string based on number consecution.
//function qx let fx=(a)=> Web.Page( "<script> x = '"&a&"'; y=x.match(/\d+/gm) document.write(y); </script>"){0}[Data]{0}[Children]{1}[Children]{0}[Text] in fxmain query - secondary table -ID split on consecutive numbers
let Source = Web.BrowserContents("https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Creating-table-using-search/m-p/1632697#M656635"), #"Extracted Table From Html" = Html.Table(Source, {{"Column1", "TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR > :nth-child(1)"}, {"Column2", "TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR > :nth-child(2)"}, {"Column3", "TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR > :nth-child(3)"}, {"Column4", "TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR > :nth-child(4)"}, {"Column5", "TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR > :nth-child(5)"}}, [RowSelector="TABLE:nth-child(7) > * > TR"]), #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Extracted Table From Html", [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Secondary Table", type text}, {"", type text}, {"ID", type text}, {"Comment", type text}, {"Date", type date}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each qx([ID])), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each Text.Split([Custom],",")), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"Custom"}), #"Expanded Custom.1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom.1") in #"Expanded Custom.1"result
once you are up to here , you can merge this in pqwry or use dax...up to you.
ShubhamBarnwal I would recommend transforming secondary table by splitting id into rows, like splitting on all separator (/, - and comma) and then it will be super simple
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- ShubhamBarnwal5 years agoFrequent Visitor
parry2k
I thought of that too. But Secondary Table ID column comes from a source that is a free text and can have random data in it too. Say "Entry for ID: 123". So i must specifically search for IDs that are in my Main Table.- smpa015 years agoCommunity Champion
ShubhamBarnwalcan you spare some details on the ID column of the secondary and what string can it contain and what exactly do you want to extract from that string. E.g. is it goin to be a mixed value string from which you want to extract only consecutive numbers ? Please give some more example of the ID column values
- ShubhamBarnwal5 years agoFrequent Visitor
smpa01
As mentioned, Secondary Table ID column is a free flow text field. We want to extract the info based on search for ID in Main Table.
And yes, secondary table ID column is a mixed value string and we have to search for 3 digit number in that. There can be multiple IDs (3 digit number) in one entry too.Secondary Table ID Comment Date 123,234 Test1 29-Jan-20 135 Test2 26-Jan-20 123/789 Test3 23-Jan-20 456-135 Test4 20-Jan-20 246 Test5 17-Jan-20