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Extracting unique ID's from a text string
- 7 years ago
The following will do this in 3 columns.
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Data", type text}}), #"Replaced Comma with Space" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",","," ",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Data"}), #"Added DL or UL Location" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Comma with Space", "DL or UL Location", each if Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1 then Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) else Text.PositionOf([Data],"UL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase), Int64.Type), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added DL or UL Location", "Case Number", each Text.Middle([Data],[DL or UL Location],9), type text), #"Trimmed Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Case Number", Text.Trim, type text}}) in #"Trimmed Text"But that is for readability. This will do it in one.
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Data", type text}}), #"Replaced Comma with Space" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",","," ",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Data"}), #"Added DL or UL Location" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Comma with Space", "DL or UL Location", each Text.Trim( Text.Middle([Data], if Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1 then Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) else Text.PositionOf([Data],"UL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ,9) ), type text) in #"Added DL or UL Location"The first thing I did was replace commas with spaces to eliminate different delimiters. You might need to add colons, semi-colons, periods, etc. Then I found DL or UL regardless of case, then pulled 9 chars (2 letters, 6 numbers, and allowed for a space between), then trimmed it.
I can envision you'll need add additional logic though because users will be creative in messing with you. DL-123456 for example. Replace - with space then as well.I did this in Excel, so you cannot just drop that M code in Power BI without changing your source table reference.
The following will do this in 3 columns.
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Data", type text}}),
#"Replaced Comma with Space" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",","," ",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Data"}),
#"Added DL or UL Location" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Comma with Space", "DL or UL Location", each if Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1 then
Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) else
Text.PositionOf([Data],"UL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase), Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added DL or UL Location", "Case Number", each Text.Middle([Data],[DL or UL Location],9), type text),
#"Trimmed Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Case Number", Text.Trim, type text}})
in
#"Trimmed Text"But that is for readability. This will do it in one.
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Data", type text}}),
#"Replaced Comma with Space" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",","," ",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Data"}),
#"Added DL or UL Location" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Comma with Space", "DL or UL Location", each Text.Trim(
Text.Middle([Data],
if Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) > -1 then
Text.PositionOf([Data],"DL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) else
Text.PositionOf([Data],"UL", 1, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
,9)
), type text)
in
#"Added DL or UL Location"The first thing I did was replace commas with spaces to eliminate different delimiters. You might need to add colons, semi-colons, periods, etc. Then I found DL or UL regardless of case, then pulled 9 chars (2 letters, 6 numbers, and allowed for a space between), then trimmed it.
I can envision you'll need add additional logic though because users will be creative in messing with you. DL-123456 for example. Replace - with space then as well.
I did this in Excel, so you cannot just drop that M code in Power BI without changing your source table reference.