Using the USERNAME() function in a calculated column to create a dynamic link URL

[pcardno]

Hi,

First time poster, long time reader, so apologies if I miss something in my description.

Summary:

I want to create a unique web link in a column that contains values from other columns and the user's username for a 3rd party system, but am struggling to use the username() function as the link in each row as it can't be used in a calculated column.

Detail:

I have an application that reads data from a SQL Server DB. If the data is in a certain state, I want to create a link to our JIRA system to populate a Create Ticket page with all the relevant details. All good, except that I need to change the username in the URL to be that of the current user in Power BI.

Example table (SimulatedMainTable):

Parameter1	Parameter2	Parameter3	JIRALink	UserNameMeasure
a	b	c	http://jira.mysite.com/CreateTicket?param1=a&param2=b&username=myusername	[email protected]
d	e	f	http://jira.mysite.com/CreateTicket?param1=d&param2=e&username=myusername	[email protected]

The formula I have in there is this:

JIRALink = "http://jira.mysite.com/CreateTicket?param1=" & SimulatedMainTable[Parameter1] & "&param2=" & SimulatedMainTable[Parameter2] & "&username=myusername"

And I want to change the "myusername" to be the result of the USERPRINCIPALNAME() function, but can't because that needs to be a measure. If I create a measure and link it in, that's fine as long as I don't try to use the other values from the rows, as then it gets confused and says they're not supported.

Is this something that's doable? Happy to add any more details or examples as required, plus consider any options e.g. coding it some other way.

Paul.

[Mariusz · Accepted solution]

Hi @pcardno 

You can create a Masure like.

SELECTEDVALUE( table[hlColumn] ) & USERPRINCIPALNAME()

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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[pcardno]

Hi @Mariusz ,

That worked, thank you. Unfortunately, it looks like the performance of the function call when applied across a few thousand rows isn't going to work (it just hangs on more than a couple of rows in the table) but your solution did what I was asking for.

Thanks again,

Paul.