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Anonymous
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How to get Display Names from SharePoint multi

Hello,


I connected to a SharePoint Online list where I have a person field that allows mutli select. When I connect to the list via PowerBI the column shows the ID of the users.

This is how it shows in PowerBI

nbz128_0-1610391535645.png

 

I would like to show the display names of the users instead of their User Id like the following:

 

John Doe, Jane Doe, Mark Smith

 

How can I achieve this?

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v-lionel-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

v-lionel-msft_0-1610530476268.png

Does your ID come from the table above? If so, this table contains the "UserName" field, you need to split this field and split the field and then merge all rows.

v-lionel-msft_1-1610531005124.png

v-lionel-msft_0-1610531305902.png

 

If not so please show me the sample data table.

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 

 

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v-lionel-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

v-lionel-msft_0-1610530476268.png

Does your ID come from the table above? If so, this table contains the "UserName" field, you need to split this field and split the field and then merge all rows.

v-lionel-msft_1-1610531005124.png

v-lionel-msft_0-1610531305902.png

 

If not so please show me the sample data table.

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , You have to unpivot, merge with name, and the group again to the same column.

https://radacad.com/pivot-and-unpivot-with-power-bi
Transpose : https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query

 

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