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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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create custom column using one column as a list

I have a table with two columns Submitter email and Manager email.  How would I create a custom column which will display TRUE if the submitter email is found anywhere in the Manager email.    as sh...
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  • goncalogeraldes's avatar
    goncalogeraldes
    4 years ago

    Hello there Anonymous ! You can check if this works for you:

    Leader of Leader =
VAR _sub =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( [submitter email] )
VAR _list =
    DISTINCT ( [Manager email] )
RETURN
    IF ( _sub IN _list, TRUE (), FALSE () )

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KNP's avatar
KNP
Super User
4 years ago

In Power Query (Transform data) paste the below code into the 'Advanced Editor' of a blank query.

let
  Source = Table.FromRows(
    Json.Document(
      Binary.Decompress(
        Binary.FromText(
          "i45WSs1NzMxRMFTSgbIslGJ1YKJGcFFLJFFjBbiwIZKwCVzUSCk2FgA=",
          BinaryEncoding.Base64
        ),
        Compression.Deflate
      )
    ),
    let
      _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true])
    in
      type table [#"submitter email" = _t, #"Manager email" = _t]
  ),
  #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
    Source,
    {{"submitter email", type text}, {"Manager email", type text}}
  ),
  list = #"Changed Type"[Manager email],
  Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "custom", each List.Contains(list, [submitter email]))
in
  Custom1

Hope this helps.

 

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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4 years ago

I feel like I am missing something here. Like identifying the table I am pulling the new columns from. 

so how do I make this happen from an existing table in my report.  

For me the data is in the All Employee Table

  • KNP's avatar
    KNP
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Can you show me the structure of the table in your report (without any sensitive data)?

    And paste your existing Power Query code for that query?

    I don't quite follow what you mean.

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      I have not shared previously so not sure what you are asking for exactly.  below is a screen shot of the report.   the two colums exist in the All Employees table.   the Leader of leaders table was the blank table I created and put the code into. but the code only built my example table again. 

       

      i need it to build from the All employees table so when it is update the leader of leader table updates as well. 

       

       

      • KNP's avatar
        KNP
        Super User
        4 years ago

        The code I gave you was just an example of the "how".

        The steps that matter are...

        list = #"Changed Type"[Manager email]

        This turns the Manager email column into a list for searching.

         

        And the...

        Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "custom", each List.Contains(list, [submitter email]))

        This uses the 'list' to search the submitter email.

        Columns and steps will need to be renamed to suit obviously.

         

        If you're still having issues, if you copy the code from the 'Advanced editor' for the "All Employees" table and paste it here, I'll be able to name the steps better. (make sure to obfuscate any sensitive data)