Counting multiple words (in a cell) over multiple columns

[sarah2]

I have a data set using google forms to track where each person is located on a day. 

I need to be able to track how often someone is at each location using a slicer for date and another for person (a graph that has a bar for each location so I can set the slicer to just Jan 2 and 3 and set it to only be looking at Arden and have a product that on the x axis says Location A with bar=1, Location B with a bar=0, Location C with a bar=1.) It could also be a few Cards that have the number for each location (connected to the slicer for time and person)

There is a consistent list of 19 people that I could list out into another tab in excel if that is helpful

I also need to be able to add Location A and B to get a total number of people at those locations with a slicer for time (I can do this in excel, but I was curious if power bi could count names separated by a comma?) This might also look good as a line graph with a line for each location (x being time, y being number of people)

I've read a lot of responses on this page and I'm so thankful for all your questions and responses! This one stumped me in its current configuration so I was hoping someone had an idea. Thank you for your time!

[jgeddes · Accepted solution]

You use Power Query to transform your data.

Consider the dataset

select the three location columns and under the Transform tab select Unpivot Columns, Unpivot Only Selected Columns

you should end up with something like

right click on the value column and select Split Column, By Delimiter

split by comma and under the Advanced options choose Split into Rows

Trim the resulting value column (Transform -> Format -> Trim)

Filter out blanks from the value column

You can now Close & Apply

You can now create the visuals you mentioned, for example...

Hope this gets you going in the right direction.