Does anyone know a DAX that could concatenate rows for the example in the image? I want to create a new measure that would englobe all countries together but summing up the repeated ones. BR + BRA would be Brasil.
Example here
I can add up the values for those countries in a DAX which would return numbers, but I am interested in strings specifically. Something like "if in country BR and BRA then Brasil, if in country CH and CHI then Chile".
Thanks!
Create a calculated column that unifies the countries.
all_countries =
SWITCH(
TRUE();
'panelCmd'[country] IN { "BR", "BRA" }; "Brasil";
'panelCmd'[country] IN { "CH", "CHI" }; "Chile";
'panelCmd'[country] IN { "ES", "ESP" }; "Spain";
<...et cetera...>
'panelCmd'[country]
)
Then you can use that column in your table instead of / in addition to country.
Reference on SWITCH(TRUE()...): The Diabolical Genius of “SWITCH TRUE”
Do you mean a measure that concatenate multiple strings into a single comma-delimited string?
If so, you may want to use CONCATENATEX iterator. More specifically, in Power BI Desktop, you can create a measure using the Quick Measure option, and then selecting the "concatenate..." option at the bottom. This will give you a code snippet that does that, and a good starting point.
use & to concatenate strings
Ex:
"String1 " & "String2" & " String3" => String1 String2 String3
Subheading = "for events that occured up to "& FORMAT(TODAY(),"DD") & "th " & FORMAT(TODAY(),"MMMM") & "
Result: for events that occured up to 16th December
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Goal: I have a bunch of keywords I'd like to categorise automatically based on topic parameters I set. Categories that match must be in the same column so the keyword data can be filtered.
e.g. If I have "Puppies" as a first topic, it shouldn't appear as a secondary or third topic otherwise the data cannot be filtered as needed.
Example Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWYepApOtWDlwoTP8zkaflD7AoxD_LZ4PxssSpFlrWQ/edit?usp=sharing
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11T5hhyestKRY4GpuwC7RF6tx-xQudNok/view?usp=sharing
Parameters Tab: I will add words in columns D-F that change based on the keyword data set and there will often be hundreds, if not thousands, of options for larger data sets.
Categories Tab: I'd like to have a formula or script that goes down the columns D-F in Parameters and fills in a corresponding value (in Categories! columns D-F respectively) based on partial match with column B or C (makes no difference to me if there's a delimiter like a space or not. Final data sheet should only have one of these columns though).
Things I've Tried:
I've tried a bunch of things. Nested IF formula with regexmatch works but seems clunky.
e.g. this formula in Categories! column D
=IF(REGEXMATCH($B2,LOWER(Parameters!$D$3)),Parameters!$D$3,IF(REGEXMATCH($B2,LOWER(Parameters!$D$4)),Parameters!$D$4,""))
I nested more statements changing out to the next cell in Parameters!D column (as in , manually adding $D$5, $D$6 etc) but this seems inefficient for a list thousands of words long. e.g. third topic will get very long once all dog breed types are added.
Any tips?
Functionality I haven't worked out:
if a string in Categories B or C contains more than one topic in the parameters I set out, is there a way I can have the first 2 to show instead of just the first one?
e.g. Cell A14 in Categories, how can I get a formula/automation to add both "Akita" & "German Shepherd" into the third topic? Concatenation with a CHAR(10) to add to new line is ideal format here. There will be other keywords that won't have both in there in which case these values will just show up individually.
Since this data set has a bunch of mixed breeds and all breeds are added as a third topic, it would be great to differentiate interest in mixes vs pure breeds without confusion.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Also, I'm open to variations in layout and functionality of the spreadsheet in case you have a more creative solution. I just care about efficiently automating a tedious task!!
Try using custom function:
To create custom function:
1.Create or open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
2.Select the menu item Tools > Script editor.
3.Delete any code in the script editor and copy and paste the code below into the script editor.
4.At the top, click Save save.
To use custom function:
1.Click the cell where you want to use the function.
2.Type an equals sign (=) followed by the function name and any input value — for example, =DOUBLE(A1) — and press Enter.
3.The cell will momentarily display Loading..., then return the result.
Code:
function matchTopic(p, str) {
var params = p.flat(); //Convert 2d array into 1d
var buildRegex = params.map(i => '(' + i + ')').join('|'); //convert array into series of capturing groups. Example (Dog)|(Puppies)
var regex = new RegExp(buildRegex,"gi");
var results = str.match(regex);
if(results){
// The for loops below will convert the first character of each word to Uppercase
for(var i = 0 ; i < results.length ; i++){
var words = results[i].split(" ");
for (let j = 0; j < words.length; j++) {
words[j] = words[j][0].toUpperCase() + words[j].substr(1);
}
results[i] = words.join(" ");
}
return results.join(","); //return with comma separator
}else{
return ""; //return blank if result is null
}
}
Example Usage:
Parameters:
First Topic:
Second Topic:
Third Topic:
Reference:
Custom Functions
I've added a new sheet ("Erik Help") with separate formulas (highlighted in green currently) for each of your keyword columns. They are each essentially the same except for specific column references, so I'll include only the "First Topic" formula here:
=ArrayFormula({"First Topic";IF(A2:A="",,IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))) & IFERROR(CHAR(10)®EXEXTRACT(REGEXREPLACE(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))),""),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))))})
This formula first creates the header (which can be changed within the formula itself as you like).
The opening IF condition leaves any row in the results column blank if the corresponding cell in Column A of that row is also blank.
JOIN is used to form a concatenated string of all keywords separated by the pipe symbol, which REGEXEXTRACT interprets as OR.
IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))) will attempt to extract any of the keywords from each concatenated string in Columns B and C. If none is found, IFERROR will return null.
Then a second-round attempt is made:
& IFERROR(CHAR(10)®EXEXTRACT(REGEXREPLACE(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))),""),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>"")))))
Only this time, REGEXREPLACE is used to replace the results of the first round with null, thus eliminating them from being found in round two. This will cause any second listing from the JOIN clause to be found, if one exists. Otherwise, IFERROR again returns null for round two.
CHAR(10) is the new-line character.
I've written each of the three formulas to return up to two results for each keyword column. If that is not your intention for "First Topic" and "Second Topic" (i.e., if you only wanted a maximum of one result for each of those columns), just select and delete the entire round-two portion of the formula shown above from the formula in each of those columns.
Ok guys, I'm pretty basic here, so dum it down for me please!
Can you sum the total times text shows up in a list? I have a list of initials that are in two columns in two sheets actually, like this:
Sheet 2
Column E - Column F
OA, GK, EF ...... - PZ
...
Sheet 3
Column E - Column F
GK, IN, PZ..... - OA
...
and I want to tally the number of times each initial shows up for each person in their row in a master sheet 1?
I tried this & I used CNTRL + SHFT + ENTER, but the formula has some flaw:
=SUM(IF(ISTEXT(FIND("OA",'SHEET2!E:F))))+SUM(IF(ISTEXT(FIND("OA",'SHEET3!E:F))))
Wait, I figured it out...I guess I have to use COUNTIF instead of SUMIF, and I don't have to do all the fancy FINd or SEARCH stuff, I can just surround the criteria in stars!!
So, this worked:
=COUNTIF('Sheet2!E:F,"OA")+COUNTIF('SHEET3!E:F,"OA")
I have a Actuals column like so:
ID | Airport
------------
A | 98.4
B | 98.0
C | 95.3
I'm attempting to format the numbers above into percentages for a front-end report. I have this written in a switch statement - for ease I'll just write the logic as an IF boolean.
example_measure =
VAR Nums = SELECTEDVALUES(Table[Actuals])
VAR FormatNums = IF(DIVIDE(ROUND(nums,1), nums) = 1,
format(nums,"0%"),format(nums,"0.0%")
-
RETURN
FormatNums
no matter what I do this always returns a number with a floating point value of 1f
so in my raw data of 98.0 I'm expecting the format to return "98%" rather than "98.0%"
the measures are used on individual cards, and are filtered so they can only ever show one value or blank, meaning they will only ever display one value on their own.
I've toyed with using if(nums = int(nums) which should evaluate to true for 98.0 but it I always get false.
There is a simpler way - just use built-in formatting codes:
Formatted Actuals =
VAR x = SELECTEDVALUE(Data[Actuals])
RETURN
FORMAT(x, "General Number") & "%"
Result:
Built-in style "General Number" handles your situation correctly, you just need to add % symbol to the formatted string. No need to test for whole numbers.
To convert a column/measure into percentage, you can simply divide the column by 100 and then format it as a percentage. Use the following steps:
Create a new column/measure: Perc_value = Table[Actuals]/100
Then go into the modelling tab, select the created column/measure and format it as a % and limit the number of decimal places to 0
This should give the view you are looking for. Hope this helps.
Edit:
You can use the below formula to achieve the desired result:
Column4 = IF('Table'[Column2]-ROUND('Table'[Column2],0)=0,FORMAT('Table'[Column2]/100,"0%"),FORMAT('Table'[Column2]/100,"0.0%"))
Replace Column2 withyour field and you should be good to go.
I am trying to format the information from a column that I am querying and compare that to information in a cell. I have tried to hack together various ways to do this, but I am not a proficient SQL/spreadsheet user.
In COLUMN I there is nothing.
In COLUMN K there is a match on A2.
In COLUMN N there is Information formatted like 31'-40' and 41'+.
I would prefer to use = instead of contains.
The REPLACE Function seems to work when I substitute N for a String and run it on the W3 School Website.
The REGEXREPLACE seems to work on D2. I would expect them to match, but they do not.
COUNT( QUERY( '2019'!A2:P, "select D where I='' and upper(K) contains '" & UPPER(A2) & "' and REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(N, '-', ''), '''', ''), '+','') contains '"& Regexreplace(D2,"[[:punct:]]","") &"' ")
I get 0 matches.
you almost had it, but try like this:
=COUNTA(FILTER(2019!D2:D, I2:I="",
REGEXMATCH(UPPER(K2:K), UPPER(A2)),
REGEXMATCH(UPPER(N2:N), UPPER(D2))))
I am using Power Query and have a column called LandArea; example data is "123.5 sq mi". It is of data type text. I want to remove the "sq mi" part so I just have the number value, 123.5. I tried the Replace function to replace "sq mi" with blank but that doesn't work because it looks at the entire text. So I tried to use Split where I split it on the space and it generated this formula below, and it did create a new column, but with null for all values. The original column still had "123.5 sq mi".
Table.SplitColumn(#"Reordered Columns1","LandArea",Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.None),{"LandArea.1", "LandArea.2"})
When just splitting at the left-most delimiter:
Table.SplitColumn(#"Reordered Columns1","LandArea",Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({" "}, QuoteStyle.None, false),{"LandArea.1", "LandArea.2"})
I have also tried changing to QuoteStyle.Csv. Any idea how I can get this to work?
Use this to create a custom column:
= Table.AddColumn(
#"Reordered Columns1",
"NewColumn",
each Text.Start([LandArea],Text.PositionOf([LandArea]," "))
)
UPDATE: Every one appears to have "sq mi"
= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Text.Replace([LandArea]," sq mi",""),type number)
Hope it helps.
This is what I ended up using:
Table.AddColumn(#"Reordered Columns1", "LandArea2",
each Text.Start([LandArea], Text.PositionOf([LandArea], "sq")-1))
I avoided trying to find whitespace.