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Anonymous
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DAX: Need help to find the 2nd, 3rd delimited values based on string

Assume we have the following column called [ERPCode] below. I want to dynamically return the second or third value within my serial key. If my ERP code contains "MI" return the second value, but if my ERP code contains "SI" then return me the third value in my serial key. A sample output is provided for reference.

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Please help.

Thanks,

Mohan V.

 

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v-binbinyu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

You just modify the dax formula provided by @Fowmy .

Please try below dax formula:

Column =
VAR _code = [ERPCode]
VAR _len =
    LEN ( _code )
VAR _a =
    FIND ( ".", _code )
VAR _b =
    IFERROR ( FIND ( ".", _code, _a + 1 ), 0 )
VAR _c =
    IFERROR ( FIND ( ".", _code, _b + 1 ), 0 )
VAR _val =
    SWITCH (
        TRUE (),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( _code, "MI" ),
            IF ( _b <> 0, MID ( _code, _a + 1, _b - _a - 1 ), MID ( _code, _a + 1, _len ) ),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( _code, "SI" ),
            IF ( _c <> 0, MID ( _code, _b + 1, _c - _b - 1 ), MID ( _code, _b + 1, _len ) )
    )
RETURN
    _val

vbinbinyumsft_0-1685519973322.png

Please refer the attached .pbix file.

 

Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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v-binbinyu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

You just modify the dax formula provided by @Fowmy .

Please try below dax formula:

Column =
VAR _code = [ERPCode]
VAR _len =
    LEN ( _code )
VAR _a =
    FIND ( ".", _code )
VAR _b =
    IFERROR ( FIND ( ".", _code, _a + 1 ), 0 )
VAR _c =
    IFERROR ( FIND ( ".", _code, _b + 1 ), 0 )
VAR _val =
    SWITCH (
        TRUE (),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( _code, "MI" ),
            IF ( _b <> 0, MID ( _code, _a + 1, _b - _a - 1 ), MID ( _code, _a + 1, _len ) ),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( _code, "SI" ),
            IF ( _c <> 0, MID ( _code, _b + 1, _c - _b - 1 ), MID ( _code, _b + 1, _len ) )
    )
RETURN
    _val

vbinbinyumsft_0-1685519973322.png

Please refer the attached .pbix file.

 

Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Fowmy
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Anonymous
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@Fowmy No, I am looking for dax solution.

@Anonymous 

Here is the DAX solution, add this as a Calculated Column:

Key = 
IFERROR(
    VAR __EPR = [ERP Code]
    VAR P = LEFT( __EPR , 2 )
    VAR P1 =  FIND("." , __EPR) 
    VAR P2 =  FIND("." , __EPR , P1 + 1 )
    VAR P3 =  FIND("." , __EPR , P2 + 1 )
    VAR RESULT = 
        SWITCH(
            P,
            "MI", MID( __EPR, P1 + 1 , P2 - P1 - 1 ),
            "SI", MID( __EPR, P2 + 1 , P3 - P2 - 1 )
        )       
    RETURN
        RESULT,
    BLANK()
)
   

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Anonymous
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@Fowmy It is working but only issue here is if i dont have any delimeter then it is returing blank as in below case.

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