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TcT85
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Helper III

Filter out 1 "person" from a string with multiple "person"

I need to make a drill down function were I get data for each person.

I have a excel sheet with a list with tasks and people responsible on solving the task. so for one task there can be 1 people or multiple people.

 

What I need is to be able to drill down for 1 people.

 

In the current situation when i drill down on "Responsible" for example "BBU" i will not get information from BBU/MLB.

I need to be able to drill down on a certain people that will show all "Project Nr" that contains BBU in Responsible.

 

Is the only solution for this Delimiter or is there any other better solutions that will not duplicate my data?

 

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v-easonf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @TcT85 

You need create/enter a seperate table showing all person in 'Responsible'

veasonfmsft_0-1666058428089.png

Then you can apply a filter measure to this table visual filter pane.

filter = 
var a=IF(CONTAINSSTRING(MAX(Table1[Responsible]),MAX(Table2[Responsible])),1,0)
return IF(ISFILTERED(Table2[Responsible]),a,1)

veasonfmsft_1-1666060446737.png

If I misunderstood, please share more details.

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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TcT85
Helper III
Helper III

Hi, @v-easonf-msft 

Thank you very much this was exactly what I was looking for

Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Expand the filer pane and apply a 'Contains' filter there.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
v-easonf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @TcT85 

You need create/enter a seperate table showing all person in 'Responsible'

veasonfmsft_0-1666058428089.png

Then you can apply a filter measure to this table visual filter pane.

filter = 
var a=IF(CONTAINSSTRING(MAX(Table1[Responsible]),MAX(Table2[Responsible])),1,0)
return IF(ISFILTERED(Table2[Responsible]),a,1)

veasonfmsft_1-1666060446737.png

If I misunderstood, please share more details.

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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