Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
Mubar
Advocate I
Advocate I

How to Split Multiple columns without repeating same steps?

I have 3 columns in my Power Query that contains some values of text & numbers. I wanted to split it by number of character to extract the text from numbers. I have done this one after the other, i want to know if there is an easy step I can apply to the column at once using M query.

Thanks

 

split column.png

 

2 REPLIES 2
jgordon11
Resolver II
Resolver II

Use List.Accumulate

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText(
        "NY/LDQQhDEN74Yws8iNQxFYwmv7b2AkJJ4uYPDvP0xbG/rXeNiTEwd/z7U8j6IoJQyl0QTydDa+
        /e4YODE5nQGNAZ9CbYOmFiWQKacJuDEM4ITqrR8EEttPxo5XuhdBa+FDzLuzT1OCW8ca38fIsRpTN
        44J07BSbsKJ60N4/", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)),
        type table [Value, Wage, #"Release Clause"]),
    tbl = List.Accumulate({"Value", "Wage","Release Clause"}, Source, (s,c)=> 
        Table.SplitColumn(s, c, Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition({"0".."9","."}, (x) => 
            not List.Contains({"0".."9", "."}, x)), {c, c & ".1"}))
in   
    tbl

Here is my advanced editor, How can I use it?

Mubar_0-1679200441256.png

It's showing "Token Identifier Expected"

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.