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baBI123
Helper II
Helper II

COUNT WITHIN A CELL

Hello BI community, 

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with COUNTing the number of itms in a cell within a column. 
see attached picexample.png

For example, I need a new colum that would read 

PO COUNT
3
1
10
3
1
1

Thanks in advance!

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Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

The trick to this is using SUBSTITUTE:

 

Column = LEN([PO list]) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([PO list],",","")) + 1

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Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

The trick to this is using SUBSTITUTE:

 

Column = LEN([PO list]) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([PO list],",","")) + 1

@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

THANK YOU @Greg_Deckler!! That worked perfectly!

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