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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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How to extract first value from Path function?

I'm using path and I'm getting value "123 | 456 | 678" to Path Column. I would like to create new column, which included first value of Path which is "123". Is this possible?   https://docs.microso...
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    Anonymous
    6 years ago
    I solved with PATHITEM(pathcolumn;1)
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az38
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6 years ago

hi Anonymous 

you've got two option:

1. split by delimiter in the Power Query Editor mode

2. create a calculated column

Column = left([Path Column];(find("|";[Path Column])-1))

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Anonymous
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6 years ago
I solved with PATHITEM(pathcolumn;1)