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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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Shorten or lenghten column

Hi,

 

I want to determine the width of matrix-columns, which are added/ deleted by the user. The "0000000"- solution does not work as some names are longer, others are shorter.

 

I am trying to shorten or lengthen a the namesdepending on the number of chars.

 

So far I´ve created a column in Power Query "Text.PadEnd([#"Column"],15,"X")".

 

Now in DAX I want to shorten Texts to 15 Chars AND Replace "X" with the corresponding number of Unichars.

 

How do I do that? Sth. like:

 

VUColumnWidth = IF (Len([Column])>15, LEFT(FaktStruktur[Column], 15), [Basisinfo:Column] & IF ([Column]Contains "X",UNICHAR(173),[Column])"For Every X")
 
Or should I do it differently?
 
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  • AlexisOlson's avatar
    AlexisOlson
    4 years ago

    So a custom column like this?

     

    Text.Replace(Text.Start([Column], 15), "X", Character.FromNumber(173))

     

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  • AlexisOlson's avatar
    AlexisOlson
    Super User
    4 years ago

    So a custom column like this?

     

    Text.Replace(Text.Start([Column], 15), "X", Character.FromNumber(173))

     

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    4 years ago

    Thank you!

     

    Yes...but: Don't I have to do the transformation in Dax - otherwise the "empty spaces" are deleted?

     

    My goal is to have a column with names having a length of 15 chars, so that I can trick a matrix visual in having similar-length columns. The "000000"-trick is not possible since a user adds columns to compare companies.

    • AlexisOlson's avatar
      AlexisOlson
      Super User
      4 years ago

      You can do it in DAX with the same logic.

      SUBSTITUTE ( LEFT ( Table1[Column], 15 ), "X", UNICHAR ( 173 ) )

      I'm not sure what the "000000"-trick is.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    With that I meant "Tricking" PowerBI into using a certain number of charactes as column width, then switching auto-width off and having all columns exactly the same width.