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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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Searching 3 fields.

I have a table with 3 fields:  Installer 1, Installer 2, Installer 3.

There are 20 installers that can be assigned.  Most often they are only one installer assigned.  Sometimes, they need more than one.

 

So Joe might be installer 1 on one record but installer 2 in another record, installer 3 on another.

I need a slicer to search on all the Installers for Joe.   I need to know where Joe is assigned now no matter which Installer he is.

I created a new field to concatenate all the Installers and then do a search but it's not very elegant.  Looking for a better solution.

Thanks

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  • OwenAuger's avatar
    OwenAuger
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    I would recommend that you create a table which unpivots the Installer names into a single column, along with a column containing the identifer of the original record (I'm assuming a Job ID of some sort). You can also include a "Role" column. Something like this: 

     

    Job ID Name Role
    Job01 Joe

    Installer 1
    Job01 Hannibal Installer 2
    Job01 Harry Installer 3
    Job02 Joe Installer 1
    Job03 Mason Installer 1
    Job04 Frederick Installer 1
    Job04 Joe Installer 2

     

    This table is then related to the original table on the Job ID column, either directly or via an intermediate table containing unique Job IDs (if necessary), The relationship with the above table would need to be bidirectional.

     

    Then you can search/filter on the single Name column.

     

    Regards,

    Owen

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    OwenAuger
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    I would recommend that you create a table which unpivots the Installer names into a single column, along with a column containing the identifer of the original record (I'm assuming a Job ID of some sort). You can also include a "Role" column. Something like this: 

     

    Job ID Name Role
    Job01 Joe

    Installer 1
    Job01 Hannibal Installer 2
    Job01 Harry Installer 3
    Job02 Joe Installer 1
    Job03 Mason Installer 1
    Job04 Frederick Installer 1
    Job04 Joe Installer 2

     

    This table is then related to the original table on the Job ID column, either directly or via an intermediate table containing unique Job IDs (if necessary), The relationship with the above table would need to be bidirectional.

     

    Then you can search/filter on the single Name column.

     

    Regards,

    Owen

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Yes.  That worked perfectly.   Thanks.

    • OwenAuger's avatar
      OwenAuger
      Super User
      4 years ago

      Glad to hear it 🙂

      For yourself or anyone who is interested, attached is a small example of how I would do the unpivoting (Power Query recommended).