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dh123
2 years agoNew Member
Assigning a value to an ID based on a column with multiple values
Hi everyone, Looking for some help. I want to allocate a single value (highest level of qualification) to a unique ID using another column with multiple values (i.e. level 1, level 2, level 3) ...
- Anonymous2 years ago
Hi dh123
It can also work, the logic is to sort the value by descending , then take the first value, the first value will be the max value
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
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- 2 years ago
Hi dh123, try this one:
Result:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUfJJLUvNUTDUUYAwjGAMY6VYnWglI7gKYwwVhmAVxnAVJnAVCCVwhplSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Qualifications = _t]), Ad_LevelNumber = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Level Number", each List.Transform(Text.Split([Qualifications], ","), (x)=> Number.From(Text.Select(Text.From(x), {"0".."9"}))) , type list), Ad_HighestNumberPosition = Table.AddColumn(Ad_LevelNumber, "Highest Number Position", each List.PositionOf([Level Number], List.Max([Level Number])), type number), Ad_HighestLevelOfPosition = Table.AddColumn(Ad_HighestNumberPosition, "Highest level of qualification", each List.Transform(Text.Split([Qualifications], ","), Text.Trim){[Highest Number Position]}, type text), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Ad_HighestLevelOfPosition,{"Level Number", "Highest Number Position"}) in #"Removed Columns"
dufoq3
Community Champion
2 years agoHi dh123, try this one:
Result:
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUfJJLUvNUTDUUYAwjGAMY6VYnWglI7gKYwwVhmAVxnAVJnAVCCVwhplSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Qualifications = _t]),
Ad_LevelNumber = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Level Number", each List.Transform(Text.Split([Qualifications], ","), (x)=> Number.From(Text.Select(Text.From(x), {"0".."9"}))) , type list),
Ad_HighestNumberPosition = Table.AddColumn(Ad_LevelNumber, "Highest Number Position", each List.PositionOf([Level Number], List.Max([Level Number])), type number),
Ad_HighestLevelOfPosition = Table.AddColumn(Ad_HighestNumberPosition, "Highest level of qualification", each List.Transform(Text.Split([Qualifications], ","), Text.Trim){[Highest Number Position]}, type text),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Ad_HighestLevelOfPosition,{"Level Number", "Highest Number Position"})
in
#"Removed Columns"