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emilypinhasi's avatar
emilypinhasi
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8 years ago

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?

Need Help

2 Replies

  • v-piga-msft's avatar
    v-piga-msft
    Resident Rockstar
    8 years ago

    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.

     

     

    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

    • emilypinhasi's avatar
      emilypinhasi
      Frequent Visitor
      7 years ago

      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