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JohnFabric
Helper I
Helper I

Help using conditionals when expanding tables or running queries

I am using the Microsoft Graph API to get organizational information (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-list-manager?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http) by calling

 

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me?$expand=manager($levels=max;$select=id,displayName)&$select=id,d...

 

This is working as expected and returning a table containing the org chart for each user in my table

JohnFabric_1-1725667228962.png

 

From this table I want to extract the SVP of each user. All the SVPs have "SVP" in their jobTitle like so

 

JohnFabric_2-1725667291765.png

The issue is, each user I'm searching on has their SVP into a different part of their management chain. So someone might report directly to the SVP and someone else has 3 managers between them and the SVP

 

Below is what my Power Query looks like. What I want to do is basically

  1. Check if manager.jobTitle includes "SVP"
  2. If it does, put manager.displayName in a new column for the user and stop looking
  3. If it does not, check if manager.manager.jobTitle includes "SVP"
  4. If manager.manager.jobTitle includes "SVP" put manager.manager.displayName in a new column for the user and stop looking
  5. if not, keep looking

And so on until I find the users SVP. I've tried doing this in the PowerQuery and by adding a Custom Column but I haven't been able to get anything to compile. How do I go about doing this? Thank you!

 

#"Converted to Table" = Table.FromRecords({Source}),
#"Expanded manager" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Converted to Table", "manager", {"@odata.type", "id", "displayName", "jobTitle", "manager"}, {"manager.@odata.type", "manager.id", "manager.displayName", "manager.jobTitle", "manager.manager"}),
#"Expanded manager.manager" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded manager", "manager.manager", {"@odata.type", "id", "displayName", "jobTitle", "manager"}, {"manager.manager.@odata.type", "manager.manager.id", "manager.manager.displayName", "manager.manager.jobTitle", "manager.manager.manager"}),
#"Expanded manager.manager.manager" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded manager.manager", "manager.manager.manager", {"@odata.type", "id", "displayName", "jobTitle", "manager"}, {"manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", "manager.manager.manager.id", "manager.manager.manager.displayName", "manager.manager.manager.jobTitle", "manager.manager.manager.manager"}),
#"Expanded manager.manager.manager.manager" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded manager.manager.manager", "manager.manager.manager.manager", {"@odata.type", "id", "displayName", "jobTitle", "manager"}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", "manager.manager.manager.manager.id", "manager.manager.manager.manager.displayName", "manager.manager.manager.manager.jobTitle", "manager.manager.manager.manager.manager"}),
#"Expanded manager.manager.manager.manager.manager" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded manager.manager.manager.manager", "manager.manager.manager.manager.manager", {"@odata.type", "id", "displayName", "jobTitle"}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", "manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.id", "manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.displayName", "manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.jobTitle"}),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded manager.manager.manager.manager.manager",{{"@odata.context", type text}, {"id", type text}, {"displayName", type text}, {"jobTitle", type text}, {"manager.@odata.type", type text}, {"manager.id", type text}, {"manager.displayName", type text}, {"manager.jobTitle", type text}, {"manager.manager.@odata.type", type text}, {"manager.manager.id", type text}, {"manager.manager.displayName", type text}, {"manager.manager.jobTitle", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.id", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.displayName", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.jobTitle", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.id", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.displayName", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.jobTitle", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.@odata.type", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.id", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.displayName", type text}, {"manager.manager.manager.manager.manager.jobTitle", type text}})

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

what should happen if there is no SVP at the end of the user's management trunk?

There should always be an SVP, but if there is not, we can enter in the name of the highest ranking manager in their chain

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