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current_thing
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Split a delimited cell value in PowerBI table visual

I'm creating a visual page in PowerBI. I want to create a measure that'll take:

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and split it using the "|" delimeter, which would create 2 rows. How can I do this? Thank you!

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After doing the steps in Power Query, you could use pivot or Unpivot in Power Query :

Select the Columns, right click on ones :

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At the end delete the Unused column(s), and use the rest in your visuals in Row

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Mahyartf

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MahyarTF
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Hi,

For this purpose, you could split the column based on the Delimiter. Go to the power query, right-click on the particular column, and select Split ...

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Then Enter the "|" in second field and press Ok button :

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- Also you could use below DAX statement in Power Bi, when you want to create new columns :

First Col = left(Sheet22[Test - Copy], find("|", Sheet22[Test - Copy])-1)
Second Col = right(Sheet22[Test - Copy], find("|", Sheet22[Test - Copy])-1)
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Mahyartf

Thanks for the response. But I need to split a concatnated string into rows within visual

After doing the steps in Power Query, you could use pivot or Unpivot in Power Query :

Select the Columns, right click on ones :

MahyarTF_0-1658372094793.png

MahyarTF_1-1658372145631.png

At the end delete the Unused column(s), and use the rest in your visuals in Row

MahyarTF_2-1658372271124.png

 

Mahyartf

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