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Ibra9
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Project Manager Teams Josh, Bassine, Lorraine Lorraine, Bassine, Josh Michelle, Francine, Kay   I have a column with project manager names that are entered with a comma delim...
  • danextian's avatar
    10 months ago

    Hi Ibra9 

     

    You can create a custom column in the query editor using Text.Split. Here's the sample M code:

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ProjectID = _t, ProjectManagers = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ProjectID", type text}, {"ProjectManagers", type text}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Text.Split([ProjectManagers], ",")),
        #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom"),
        #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Expanded Custom",{{"Custom", "PM"}}),
        #"Trimmed Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Renamed Columns",{{"PM", Text.Trim, type text}})
    in
        #"Trimmed Text"

     

  • Nabha-Ahmed's avatar
    10 months ago

    Hi Ibra9 

     

    If you want to keep a single team column and don’t need advanced slicers, you can normalize the names:

    In Power Query, add a Custom Column:

    Text.Proper(
    Text.Combine(
    List.Sort(
    List.Transform(Text.Split([Project Managers], ","), each Text.Trim(Text.Lower(_)))
    ),
    ", "
    )
    )

     

    So both Josh, Bassine, Lorraine and Lorraine, Bassine, Josh become:
    Bassine, Josh, Lorraine.

    Then you can use that column in your slicer.

    Thanks🌹