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How to extract a text in a column in Direct Query mode
Hi All, I have a column with a TEXT data type. I need to extract a string after a delimiter from this column in DIRECT QUERY mode. As FIND and SEARCH is not supported in direct query mode for ca...
Sometimes the calculated column can be totally reduntant (like for instance when you already have a Quantity and a Price column and you add a new one with Price * Quantity) or it can be helpful and necessary to speed up your measure (for instance a Workday indicator column in the calendar table).
The best place to add it would be in a view within Sql server, but some people may not have the rights to create views so the second best place is within Power Query, making sure that query folding is taking place
Got it, thanks LivioLanzo so using view if I have the permission (I don't, alas), or Power Query.