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Syndicate_Admin
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Administrator

How to reference value from a list in split function

Hi there,

 

I am trying to split a column by values from a list. I got the list ready and now wonder how I could reference the values from this list in the split column function. I don't want to manually update the position as the number could change. Tried multiple ways and searched online, but no luck.

 

Thank you so much! 

 

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

If you split it in Rows not in columns, then you just need to specify the PositionList.

Select your columns and while splitting choose Rows in place of Column under Advanced. Put any dummy value say 3 as position. Once split done, in formula bar, replace this 3 with name PositionList.

You will get this kind of split

= Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Text", Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(PositionList)}}), "Text")

We can make formula for vertical split as well but in my view this much complexity is not needed and also for Power BI, it is longer table rather than wider table which is needed.

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