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mba
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4 years ago
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Search function with asterisk

Hi all, Even though support.microsoft.com says: ... in my column:   Keyword: Bryllup = IF(SEARCH( "bryllup*" , someTable[someColumn] , , BLANK() ),TRUE(),FALSE())     ... I get...
  • v-yalanwu-msft's avatar
    4 years ago

    Hi, mba ;

    You could use split in power query.

    1. add conditional column,

    2.split it.

    The final output is shown below:

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WKs7PTS1JrShRQDAO78gpU0gqqszJKS1QwJBXitWJVkpMSlaKjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [name = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"name", type text}}),
        #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each if Text.Contains([name], "bryllup") then "True" else "Flase"),
        #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Added Conditional Column", "name", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("bryllup", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"name.1", "name.2"}),
        #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"name.1", type text}, {"name.2", type text}})
    in
        #"Changed Type1"

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
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