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Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago

Filtering out data from one column into another

I got a column in my table called attributes_overview in which information is just unsorted. It looks something like this:

 

Title | Attributes_Overview | Price
Laptop A | ADE34DG 123.123.123.123 Active | 980,10$
Phone A | 123.123.123.123 ADE34DG Active | 620,50$
Laptop B | Active ADE34DG 123.123.123.123 | 890,00$

 

The information being all random offcourse.

I need to make an extra column which only includes the MAC-Addresse of the devices.
I got this far but now I'm stuck:

MAC = IF(SEARCH("???.???.???.???", table[Attributes_Overview]))

Need Help

6 Replies

  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Anonymous , Try a new column in the power query

    Text.Combine( List.Select(Text.Split([Attributes_Overview], " "), each _ Text.Contains(_, ".")),",")

     

    I was not able test that

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      What do the "_" stand for?

  • azakir's avatar
    azakir
    Resolver I
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    In Power Query, you should be able to Split the column by delimeter

    From PBI Desktop > Transform Data > Split Column > By Delimeter

    From there : 

     

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      I placed the "|" in the post to mark the different columns. I need to split up this part "ADE34DG 123.123.123.123 Active" but the order of the column is random and the MAC-Address is also always different.

  • v-yanjiang-msft's avatar
    v-yanjiang-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    According to your description, I can extract the address in the format you mentioned "???.???.???.???".

    Create a calculated column.

    Addresse =
VAR _Position =
    SEARCH ( "???.???.???.???", 'Table'[Attributes_Overview] )
RETURN
    MID ( 'Table'[Attributes_Overview], _Position, 15 )

    Get the result.

    If you also want to extract the ADE34DG and Active part, is there any logic to distinguish them from text before or after?

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ kalyj

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  • v-yanjiang-msft's avatar
    v-yanjiang-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Is your problem solved?? If so, Would you mind accept the helpful replies as solutions? Then we are able to close the thread. More people who have the same requirement will find the solution quickly and benefit here. Thank you.

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ kalyj