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

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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tommer
New Member

you mean: use Import mode?

No, use DQ with local data model.

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

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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