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Anonymous
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merge partial text rows on condition

Hi,

In the example below, I want to append/merge a certain part of the text of a row when they have the same first two letters. 

How can I best do this in powerquery?

Hereby an example below:


Any help/feedback is highly appreciated.

 

PowerBI_Consult_0-1711190353428.png

 

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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous, 

for future requests provide sample data as table so we can copy/paste.

 

Before

dufoq3_0-1711221187044.png

 

After v1

dufoq3_2-1711221867690.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8gxR0FXITUxPrMrMS1XSUVKK1YlWcvUBCoakFpcYAkVCUitKFPzyFQxRpYyQpIzAUo5ROHX5BBCWwjQQLmWMJGWsFBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Comment = _t]),
    Ad_GroupHelper = Table.AddColumn(Source, "GroupHelper", each Text.Start([Column1], 2), type text),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Ad_GroupHelper, {"GroupHelper"}, {{"Count", each Text.Combine([Comment], ", "), type text}})
in
    GroupedRows

 

 

After v2

dufoq3_1-1711221838612.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8gxR0FXITUxPrMrMS1XSUVKK1YlWcvUBCoakFpcYAkVCUitKFPzyFQxRpYyQpIzAUo5ROHX5BBCWwjQQLmWMJGWsFBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Comment = _t]),
    Ad_GroupHelper = Table.AddColumn(Source, "GroupHelper", each Text.Start([Column1], 2), type text),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Ad_GroupHelper, {"GroupHelper"}, {{"Column1", each Text.Combine({[Column1]{0}?} & List.Skip(List.Transform([Column1], (x)=> Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x, "-")))), ", "), type text}, {"Comment", each Text.Combine([Comment], ", "), type text}}),
    RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(GroupedRows,{"GroupHelper"})
in
    RemovedColumns

 


Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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Anonymous
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Worked like a charm,  thank you!

I will include sample data (thank you for the link explaining how to include this).

You're welcome 🙂


Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous, 

for future requests provide sample data as table so we can copy/paste.

 

Before

dufoq3_0-1711221187044.png

 

After v1

dufoq3_2-1711221867690.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8gxR0FXITUxPrMrMS1XSUVKK1YlWcvUBCoakFpcYAkVCUitKFPzyFQxRpYyQpIzAUo5ROHX5BBCWwjQQLmWMJGWsFBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Comment = _t]),
    Ad_GroupHelper = Table.AddColumn(Source, "GroupHelper", each Text.Start([Column1], 2), type text),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Ad_GroupHelper, {"GroupHelper"}, {{"Count", each Text.Combine([Comment], ", "), type text}})
in
    GroupedRows

 

 

After v2

dufoq3_1-1711221838612.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8gxR0FXITUxPrMrMS1XSUVKK1YlWcvUBCoakFpcYAkVCUitKFPzyFQxRpYyQpIzAUo5ROHX5BBCWwjQQLmWMJGWsFBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Comment = _t]),
    Ad_GroupHelper = Table.AddColumn(Source, "GroupHelper", each Text.Start([Column1], 2), type text),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Ad_GroupHelper, {"GroupHelper"}, {{"Column1", each Text.Combine({[Column1]{0}?} & List.Skip(List.Transform([Column1], (x)=> Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x, "-")))), ", "), type text}, {"Comment", each Text.Combine([Comment], ", "), type text}}),
    RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(GroupedRows,{"GroupHelper"})
in
    RemovedColumns

 


Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

Greg_Deckler
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Community Champion

@Anonymous Can you post sample data as text?



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