Display first line of a text field in a table

[PaulSGodden]

I have a SharePoint list with multiple records that need completing. Each record a Last Update field. This field has multiple lines of text e.g.

14/04: Escalated to John. Awaiting a reply.

07/04: Meeting to be arranged to discuss the issue.

31/03: Documentation handed over to Clare to complete OA.

etc., etc.

I want to add this field to a table, but only the first line. Any ideas?

[v-jayw-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @PaulSGodden ,

You could try remove empty feature.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Customer-Service" = _t, Action = _t, Owner = _t, #"Last Update" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Customer-Service", type text}, {"Action", type text}, {"Owner", type text}, {"Last Update", type text}}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [#"Customer-Service"] <> null and [#"Customer-Service"] <> "")
in
    #"Filtered Rows"

Best Regards,

Jay

[PaulSGodden]

Thanks @v-jayw-msft for sending this through. However the individual updates are in the same field e.g.

	Customer-Service	Action	Owner	Last Update
1	Company A-W10 Upgrade	Confirmation that a new record has been added to the contract Risk Register	John Smith	14/04: Escalated to Manager A and Director B this week. 29/03: Awaiting an update. 16/03: Awaiting an update. 04/03: Team Leader to arrange a call with John Smith to get this resolved.
2	Company B-Service Exit	Confirmation required that the infrastructure has been decomissioned	Jane Doe	03/05: Awaiting an update. 06/04: Manager B is going away to look into getting this resolved. 29/03: Requested an update. 16/03: Requested an update. 02/03: Jane to contact Team Leader to get a progress update
3	Company C-Application Upgrade	Confirmation required that the OOO contact list has been updated	Clare Jones	28/04: Awaiting an update. 14/04: Clare has a colleague to pick this up and see if she can get it completed. 17/03: Not started as no list exists for this client. Will come back for an update in a months time.

Am guessing that this will affect the suggested solution?

Regards

Paul

[speedramps]

Each row is a  "record".

I assume that you mean each "ticket" has multiple rows and you just want the most recently dated record per ticket?

Please provide example of source date .... but hide private data.

Paste the data as table and not a screen print, then we can use it to develop a solution. Thanks !

[PaulSGodden]

Customer-Service	Action	Owner	Last Update
Company A-W10 Upgrade	Confirmation that a new record has been added to the contract Risk Register	John Smith	14/04: Escalated to Manager A and Director B this week. 29/03: Awaiting an update. 16/03: Awaiting an update. 04/03: Team Leader to arrange a call with John Smith to get this resolved.
Company B-Service Exit	Confirmation required that the infrastructure has been decomissioned	Jane Doe	03/05: Awaiting an update. 06/04: Manager B is going away to look into getting this resolved. 29/03: Requested an update. 16/03: Requested an update. 02/03: Jane to contact Team Leader to get a progress update
Company C-Application Upgrade	Confirmation required that the OOO contact list has been updated	Clare Jones	28/04: Awaiting an update. 14/04: Clare has a colleague to pick this up and see if she can get it completed. 17/03: Not started as no list exists for this client. Will come back for an update in a months time.