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Anonymous
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can I split a column by a delimiter in Power BI DirectQuery mode?

‎10-19-2023 07:30 AM

can I split a column by a delimiter in Power BI DirectQuery mode?

how?

calculated column?

measure?

power query editor?

advanced editor?

Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("=") ?

thanks.

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Anonymous
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‎10-22-2023 11:17 PM

you mean: use Import mode?

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lbendlin
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‎10-23-2023 04:32 AM

No, use DQ with local data model.

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lbendlin
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‎10-21-2023 04:12 PM

The result of your transforms must have the same structure.  If your column sometimes splits into two, and sometimes into three columns you will get an error message .

 

Better to use DAX if you need to act on the content inside the column.

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