From a filter, populating a table with products that have similar or N number of matching value?

[PBIUWO]

Hi,

I have a Visualization where I paste product codes, and there is a table below that is populated with information of the product.

Ex. Pasting ABC-123, populates

Product Code	Product Info
ABC-123	Some Info

I'm wondering if I can paste Product Code, and on the table, it populates items that start with ABC

Ex. Pasting ABC-123 

populates

Product Code	Product Info
ABC-123	Some Info
ABC-111	Some Info
ABC-222	Some Info

So to be exact, I want every product that have the first 4 values matching.

Thank you, 

[v-lionel-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Syndicate_Admin ,

Please refer to my .pbix file.

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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[parry2k]

@PBIUWO try the attached solution, tweak it as per your need. I hope this is what you are looking for.

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[PBIUWO]

@parry2k

This works well, thank you!

While selecting multiple items from the slicer/selection, the table only populates product codes similar from one of the slicer/selection.

Is there a way to populate the table with multiple products selected in the slicer? 

(Your solution, but for many selected in the slicer)

[parry2k]

@PBIUWO what you mean paste? Do you mean you have a slicer and you pick a product and then the table should show all the products matching with 4 letters of the product selected in the slicer? Is this what you want?

Read this post to get your answer quickly.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

[PBIUWO]

@parry2k 

It's a 3rd party version of the search option in a slicer where I can paste/type values. But yes, essentially choosing a product from that "slicer" and populating all products that match the first 4 letters of the product in the slicer. 

[v-lionel-msft]

Hi @PBIUWO ,

Is this what you want?

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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[Syndicate_Admin]

@Syndicate_Admin

Hi,

Thank you!

This is very close to what I want but I want to be able to type in the full product code or in your example, having the full product code in the XXX slicer and selecting it to populate products that have similar product codes (Left 4)
*With your method, adding the full product code column into the Table 2 and creating the relationship to Table 1. (But this creates a many to many relationship).

1) Type or selecting multiple in full product code (ABC-123, DEF-000) in the slicer

2) Table 1, populate product codes that are similar.

3) Table 2, would populate only the products that are exact to the selected.