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emilypinhasi
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creating distinct list from list using dax

hi

im trying to turn a column with comma separeted list, into a distinct list

  • the column looks like a,a,b,c,d,c,a,c 
  • i dont know how many items on the list, can be 0-100
  • im trying to create a new column looking like a,b,c,d
  • using DAX

 

ive tried in few ways but i need some kind of loop that it looks like DAX doesnt have such

ideas?

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @emilypinhasi,

 

For your scenario, I'm afraid that DAX may not achieve that. 

 

Why not try in Query Editor?

 

We usually split column with comma in Query Editor.

 

split by comma.PNG

 

If you still need help, please share some data sample as table and your desired output so we could help further on it.

 

Best Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
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thanks for the help

i cant use the query editor cause ive created the column using dax

 

maybe ill describe the bigger problem

i have 3 tables:
teams table: column teamName

epics table: columns: key, teams

stories table: columns: epicKey, team

 

foreach story there is one team

im trying to populate the epics table so foreach key, get all the distinct teams from stories (related with the epicKey)

later i need to use the teamName as slicer to filter through the epics

 

hope this makes sense

 

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