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OCMarkW
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Data Model Question for dealing with Multi-Value data columns

Data Model Question for dealing with many Multi-Value data columns.       Each data column has multiple values with ";" seperators.   

 

Should I unroll the different columns values into their own tables with a relationship key back to the one original Dim record?   In other words create a star schema.

 

Or leave them and use Measures with SEARCH / SUBSTITUTE functions to select the Dim records?     

 

Which is easier to visualize?

TIA

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ryan_mayu
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@OCMarkW 

maybe you can try to split to rows in pq

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Thanks.    I know how to split and manipulate the data into various tables.      I have no problems with Power Query / M and DAX measures.    

 

My question is still from a design standpoint, should I create the different tables and link them back to the original row,

 

-or-

 

just leave the semicolon values alone and use a SEARCH measure to to get the row?

i think you duplicate the column and the new column after splitting can still link back to the original column





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