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wdrain
7 years agoHelper I
max value of software version string
Hi I am trying get the max and min values from a string column using a dax forumula. The Version column contains the software version and I would like to get the max value from this column. Would a...
- Anonymous7 years ago
Here is an example you could use Power Query to add in a leading zero. Copy and Paste this code into a blank query for referece:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMteNyixQ0oHTlnrGFnoGBnoGSrE6mLKGQDlT/NJm+KUNFJJSSxKVYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Software Product" = _t, Software = _t, Version = _t]), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Version", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(".", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Version.1", "Version.2", "Version.3", "Version.4"}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Split Column by Delimiter", "Leading", each Text.PadStart([Version.1],2,"0"), Text.Type), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Version.1"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Leading", "A"}, {"Version.2", "B"}, {"Version.3", "C"}, {"Version.4", "D"}}), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns", "Merged", each if [D] <> null then Text.Combine({[A],[B],[C],[D]}, ".") else Text.Combine({[A],[B]}, "."), Text.Type), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"B", "C", "D", "A"}), #"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns1",{{"Merged", "Version"}}) in #"Renamed Columns1"
Anonymous
7 years agoNot applicable
I did a little digging, your formula should be correct as long as you keep the version column format consistent, for example "##.##.##.#", adding 0 in front of a single digit number seems to do the trick for me (09.31.00.0).
wdrain
7 years agoHelper I
Thanks Nick that make senses, however the data that is pulled is not normalized is there a way to normalize it in powerbi possibly with a dax formula so that it meets that format ?