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Community ChampionLookup based on partial value in power query
I have the following data
NAME ID Partial Name
SAM JONES 123 SAM
TOM CLIFF 234 TOM
If I want to bring the ID based on the partial value of I can do the following in excel and it would bring the ID based o the partial value
NAME ID Partial Name Partial Name2
SAM JONES 123 SAM *SAM*
TOM CLIFF 234 TOM *TOM*
Index(B1:B3,Match(D2,A1:A3,0))
I was wondering if Power Query has the similar capacities.
Thank you in advance.
Hi smpa01,
If I understand you correctly, a simple DAX formula could do that.
I assume you have a table called "Table1" with NAME and ID column.
And another table called "Table2" with Partial Name column.
Then you should be able to use the formula below to create a calculate column in "Table2" to get ID from "Table1" based on the value of Partial Name. :smileyhappy:
Column = CALCULATE ( MAX ( Table1[ID] ), FILTER ( Table1, SEARCH ( Table2[Partial Name], Table1[NAME],, 0 ) > 0 ) )Regards
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v-ljerr-msftMicrosoft Employee
Hi smpa01,
If I understand you correctly, a simple DAX formula could do that.
I assume you have a table called "Table1" with NAME and ID column.
And another table called "Table2" with Partial Name column.
Then you should be able to use the formula below to create a calculate column in "Table2" to get ID from "Table1" based on the value of Partial Name. :smileyhappy:
Column = CALCULATE ( MAX ( Table1[ID] ), FILTER ( Table1, SEARCH ( Table2[Partial Name], Table1[NAME],, 0 ) > 0 ) )Regards
smpa01v-ljerr-msftthanks for the solution. Is there a way to achieve this in Power Query by any chance - searching a column of Partial Text Strings in another list of column containing Text Strings.
- smpa01NAME -------------ID----------Partial Name
SAM JONES----123--------SAM
TOM CLIFF------234--------TOM
NAME------------ID---Partial Name------Partial Name2
SAM JONES-------123------SAM-------*SAM*
TOM CLIFF---------234-------TOM-------*TOM*