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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Extract different symbols within a column

Hi all,

I pull via DirectQuery a column called 'Comments'. Some rows of this column contain text with different length and symbols. Do you know any formula which I can use for the below formats in order to extract only the comment?

Comments (current view)The desired result
. exciting.     . exciting.       
++++++++
08.00h. NNP  NNP 
020 John Will O'Keefe: 00:30 (2019.03.01) Working O.E. Working O.E.   
021 Andrew Olsen: 00:45 (2020.04.05) Not Working   00:45 (2020.04.05) Not Working   


The most needed transformation is for the 4th and 5th rows- In the 4th row I need only the text after the date, and in the 5th row I need everyting after the column sign (:)

 

Thank you in advance.

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    Mariusz
    Community Champion
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Try the below or download the attached pbix file for details

    Measure = 
VAR __comments = SELECTEDVALUE( 'Table'[Comments (current view)] )
VAR __len = LEN( __comments )
VAR __notWorking = SEARCH( "Not Working", __comments, 1, 0 ) > 0 
VAR __working = SEARCH( "Working O.E.", __comments, 1, 0 ) > 0 
VAR __NNP = SEARCH( "NNP", __comments, 1, 0 ) > 0
RETURN 
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    __notWorking, MID( __comments, SEARCH( ":", __comments, 1, 0 ) + 1, __len ),
    __working, "Working O.E.",
    __NNP, "NNP",
    __comments 
)

     

     

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("hY9BC4JAEIX/ysNTkgzPVam8dehSoN08mKfaUpIVzKif3+5CQXToXYb3ZuYbpq4DgX4eu6kzF4FTEP1ENmyiOphb2a4vznMpZCsoir3b8sXnitgOrUHV9T3Kw51Ui53WZ52DzBNiphivhIkwDlEN49WeQikbcZwvjzcyxtqcRv1A2d+08aA0cyBFYSrMQhTD9IH5P/7PNM0L", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Comments (current view)" = _t, #"The desired result" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Comments (current view)", type text}, {"The desired result", type text}}),
    #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each if Text.Contains([#"Comments (current view)"], "NNP ") 
            then "NNP" 
        else if Text.Contains([#"Comments (current view)"], "Working O.E.") 
            then "Working O.E." 
        else if Text.Contains([#"Comments (current view)"], "Not Working") 
            then Text.Trim(
                Text.Middle( 
                    [#"Comments (current view)"], 
                    Text.PositionOf( [#"Comments (current view)"], ":"  ) + 1 
                )
            )
            
        else [#"Comments (current view)"])
    
in
    #"Added Conditional Column"

     

     

    As you are working with Direct Query both might not work, so pushing this calculation to data source might be an option.

     

    Best Regards,
    Mariusz

    If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.

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    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      Hi Mariusz 

      Apologies for my delayed response and thank you for the help. None of the solutions work in DirectQuery mode and as a final workaround I imported the needed table and I used the second formula.

      I will accept your post as a Solution. Thanks.