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S-2022
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Non-DAX solution please - transform text field to remove coding

I need to create a report from my SharePoint list which includes content entered as free text.  In Power BI, the field presents thus: 

<div class="ExternalClass88AE48E489694305A0786C84C2AD6A34"><div style="font-family&#58;Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size&#58;11pt;color&#58;rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color&#58;black;">​Brown cows round mounds near towns.<div style="margin-top&#58;14.6667px;margin-bottom&#58;14.6667px;">Mound-rounding cows are often brown.<br></div></span></div></div>

How do I transform this, with a non-DAX solution, so that only the following text is pulled into my report?  Bold format is for emphasis only.
Brown cows round mounds near towns.
Mound-rounding cows are often brown.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Not entirely clear what your expected output format is but here is a non-DAX solution:

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fY9NTsMwEIWvMgobkJKSNqnrKmIRQiU2nKDpwnadyMKxI9v9Y8WeW3IS4rYkLSCkkaXxm5n3veUyKDdxnLC12AKTxNqHMljsHTeKyML3GOeLFHc1R/M0iad5PMOowGkxyZ9QnqTl6QAfzlh3kLw7U2nlooo0Qh68OEE3U5wVRApqRAi5EUSG8MzlljvBSAiWKBtZbkSVHVeteOPD4njcuoxpqc3wZ2p6G4fg6y67BrEtUT3JjzUqCXvt5z/fPx6N3ilgemfB6I1aQ+NfC4oTA67T7Oh3vIaYWqjI6fYCMh0hhGbtPjurVDunm78Gvu1fvFV0tBWqPkEQw0FXjiugnuxsTs1lwPuO5ar3if8d6PtgtfoC", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(">", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Column1"),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter1" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Split Column by Delimiter", "Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({"<"}, QuoteStyle.Csv, false), {"Column1.1", "Column1.2"}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter1",{{"Column1.1", type text}, {"Column1.2", type text}}),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Column1.1"}),
    #"Removed Blank Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Removed Other Columns", each not List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveMatchingItems(Record.FieldValues(_), {"", null}))),
    Result = Text.Combine(#"Removed Blank Rows"[Column1.1],"#(lf)")
in
    Result

 

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done".

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Not entirely clear what your expected output format is but here is a non-DAX solution:

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fY9NTsMwEIWvMgobkJKSNqnrKmIRQiU2nKDpwnadyMKxI9v9Y8WeW3IS4rYkLSCkkaXxm5n3veUyKDdxnLC12AKTxNqHMljsHTeKyML3GOeLFHc1R/M0iad5PMOowGkxyZ9QnqTl6QAfzlh3kLw7U2nlooo0Qh68OEE3U5wVRApqRAi5EUSG8MzlljvBSAiWKBtZbkSVHVeteOPD4njcuoxpqc3wZ2p6G4fg6y67BrEtUT3JjzUqCXvt5z/fPx6N3ilgemfB6I1aQ+NfC4oTA67T7Oh3vIaYWqjI6fYCMh0hhGbtPjurVDunm78Gvu1fvFV0tBWqPkEQw0FXjiugnuxsTs1lwPuO5ar3if8d6PtgtfoC", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(">", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Column1"),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter1" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Split Column by Delimiter", "Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({"<"}, QuoteStyle.Csv, false), {"Column1.1", "Column1.2"}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter1",{{"Column1.1", type text}, {"Column1.2", type text}}),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Column1.1"}),
    #"Removed Blank Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Removed Other Columns", each not List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveMatchingItems(Record.FieldValues(_), {"", null}))),
    Result = Text.Combine(#"Removed Blank Rows"[Column1.1],"#(lf)")
in
    Result

 

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done".

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