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Anonymous
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Get value before second delimiter in DAX

Hi,

 

How can we get value up to before second delimiter / in DAX creating new column? 

Hope the solution will not be with Left or Mid fucntion since there will be changes on number of text. 

Since it is dynamic and shouldn't depend on string length. 

 

jeongkim_0-1750905642522.png

 

Result will be:

PLMN-PLMN/MRBTS-113960

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Jihwan_Kim
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Hi,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1750906887749.png

 

 

expected result CC = 
VAR _firstfind =
    FIND ( "/", data[id], 1 )
VAR _secondfind =
    FIND ( "/", data[id], _firstfind + 1 )
RETURN
    LEFT ( data[id], _secondfind - 1 )

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1750906887749.png

 

 

expected result CC = 
VAR _firstfind =
    FIND ( "/", data[id], 1 )
VAR _secondfind =
    FIND ( "/", data[id], _firstfind + 1 )
RETURN
    LEFT ( data[id], _secondfind - 1 )

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Anonymous
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Thanks,

Can you further help if there is other values not finding / delimiter? such (blank) and dn$.

I'm not sure what to be more in the future so Im trying to avoid specify these 2 other values in dax code. 

 

jeongkim_0-1750907255530.png

 

Anonymous
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resolved. 

 

INVUNIT Key dn$ =
VAR _firstfind =
    FIND ( "/", 'CM Data - Equip Info'[INVUNIT $dn], 1 )
VAR _secondfind =
    FIND ( "/", 'CM Data - Equip Info'[INVUNIT $dn], _firstfind + 1 )
RETURN
    IF(CONTAINSSTRING('CM Data - Equip Info'[INVUNIT $dn], "/"), LEFT ( 'CM Data - Equip Info'[INVUNIT $dn], _secondfind - 1 ), BLANK())

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