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Hi,
I am not an expert using this syntax and hoping I can tap the brain trust here to accomplish what I want quicker than tinkering with list.sort syntax on my own. Haven't been able to accomplish with sorting in previous pbi steps.
Using power bi, created a table and have grouped it to specifically extract a space separated list of (if your in healthcare) CPT codes.
It's specifically the order I'm looking to impact here. I've used the following logic to produce field called CPT_pattern and it produces what I want.. as far as the pattern. For example patterns returned are
90833 99214
90833 99213
However I want the field to list the 99214 or 99213 first: 99214 90833.
How do I override the default asc to accomplish what I need?
After a group by I added a custom field= Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "CPT_pattern", each Table.Column([Data],"CPT"))
This is the step where I extract the values = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom", {"CPT_pattern", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), " "), type text})
Solved! Go to Solution.
Try this:
Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom", {"CPT_pattern", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(List.Sort(_, Order.Descending), Text.From), " "), type text})
--Nate
Try this:
Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom", {"CPT_pattern", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(List.Sort(_, Order.Descending), Text.From), " "), type text})
--Nate
Brilliant! I started reading about table.buffer and was hoping there was an easier solution. You provided it. Thank you.
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