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fox_NL
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2 years ago
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Split into new rows using delimiter, but last value also has delimiter

Hello all, Some data I need to use comes from a MS Forms, which is downloaded into a Excel. It is used to registrate usage of production moulds on the shop floor. The Forms user can choose multiple...
  • AlienSx's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hello, fox_NL 

        trim_end = Table.TransformColumns(
            your_table, 
            {{"Parts", each Text.TrimEnd(_, ";")},
            {"Moulds", each Text.TrimEnd(_, ";")}}
        )
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi fox_NL ,

    You need to run the code given by AlienSx before the split step.
    Typically, we refer to the name of the previous step as the your_table parameter.

    Output:

    You can also create a new blank query to copy the code below into the advanced editor to see all the steps.

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fZHNasMwEIRfZfE5EGsl/0Q6hZTeDKW09GBy2MQKDnUss3EDffsqcnDttATESFo0H9rZsoxEtIgELrMlxihBxDrOdKJgXfj6G3/tP/3+6twBej6ezEdtbQPE+xoO7Np+WmBLbPxriLaLMsIZ1zP9kgN24y6W/f5MLXQN9dafC2ogM1ddBVVB0QSW/MuS+Zz15BzD2fYjKhjVnRGlFvjQiGb6kwBJBkg6QFAnqUYFL1NIQccW9uOlATlpIgmaDrB0BhNCx0KrfB73e9dZhtOVuXPVN1R0rneOuPpNN/sHI29T2xDThdrb3DriHpQYnfnMudKY+Dgfz0WY+2TysaXtDw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [No = _t, Date = _t, Category = _t, Parts = _t, Moulds = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"No", Int64.Type}, {"Date", type datetime}, {"Category", type text}, {"Parts", type text}, {"Moulds", type text}}),
        trim_end = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type", {{"Parts", each Text.TrimEnd(_, ";")},{"Moulds", each Text.TrimEnd(_, ";")}}),
        #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(trim_end, {{"Parts", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(";", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Parts"),
        #"Split Column by Delimiter1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(#"Split Column by Delimiter", {{"Moulds", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(";", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Moulds")
    in
        #"Split Column by Delimiter1"

    More details, please refer to:
    Power BI Forum Help: How to integrate M-code into ... - Microsoft Fabric Community

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    Gao

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