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nathanisaacson
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Splitting Multiple Choice Column into Distinct Columns

Hi everyone,

 

I am trying to split a multiple choice column into distinct columns.  Here is an example:

 

Main Column     aabbccdd
aa;ccaa cc 
bb;cc bbcc 
cc;dd  ccdd
dd;aaaa  dd

 

So far, I have already extracted the values of the column (output shown below)...

 

2023-08-31_17-44-16.png

 

Then I tried splitting the columns by delimiter (as shown below)...

 

2023-08-31_17-45-30.png

 

The final product is six new columns, but they both house different data points which makes this impossible to visualize accurately. 

 

2023-08-31_18-03-42.png2023-08-31_18-03-30.png

 

As shown in the sample table above, I am trying to make each new column distinct (i.e. Associate Data Elements exclusively in one, Investor Data Elements exclusively in the next, etc.).  Any guidance would be hugely appreciated!

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

The images are very small so cannot understand anything.  Share data in a format that can be pasted in an MS Excel file and show the expected result.


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Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@nathanisaacson , You have the option to split column by delimiter into rows or columns as per need

Power Query Split Column, Split Column By Delimiter: https://youtu.be/FyO9Vmhcfag

 

You can also check this second option

Power BI- Text Part slicer to filter/search text - https://youtu.be/MKKWeOqFG4c
https://medium.com/@amitchandak/power-bi-search-text-parts-in-text-ad2f9783ffa2

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