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Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Extracting String From Column into New Column
Hello, I am unsure of how to extract the values beginning with CRQ (like 'CRQXXXX' or CRQ00002382610) into a new column. Currently I have the column: I would like to create a new column:...
- 6 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,
Once published i have seen last row of your question where it is said that direct query is used. In this case, the best option is to make this column on database table level.If Power Query (depending on database) allows extract options, below are steps:
Select the column (Issue Title) > Extract > Text between delimiters
For delimiter enter space.
Cheers,
Nemanja
Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
you can try using the search function in combination with Find and Len
SEARCH(<find_text>, <within_text>[, [<start_num>][, <NotFoundValue>]])