Lookup based on partial value in power query

[smpa01]

Hi,
I have the following data

NAME ID Partial Name
SAM JONES 123 SAM
TOM CLIFF 234 TOM

If I want to bring the ID based on the partial value of I can do the following in excel and it would bring the ID based o the partial value

NAME ID Partial Name Partial Name2
SAM JONES 123 SAM *SAM*
TOM CLIFF 234 TOM *TOM*

Index(B1:B3,Match(D2,A1:A3,0))

I was wondering if Power Query has the similar capacities.

Thank you in advance.

[v-ljerr-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @smpa01,

If I understand you correctly, a simple DAX formula could do that.

I assume you have a table called "Table1" with NAME and ID column.

And another table called "Table2" with Partial Name column.

Then you should be able to use the formula below to create a calculate column in "Table2" to get ID from "Table1" based on the value of Partial Name. 

Column = 
CALCULATE (
    MAX ( Table1[ID] ),
    FILTER ( Table1, SEARCH ( Table2[Partial Name], Table1[NAME],, 0 ) > 0 )
)

Regards

[smpa01]

@v-ljerr-msftthanks for the solution. Is there a way to achieve this in Power Query by any chance - searching a column of Partial Text Strings in another list of column containing Text Strings.

[smpa01]

NAME -------------ID----------Partial Name
SAM JONES----123--------SAM
TOM CLIFF------234--------TOM

NAME------------ID---Partial Name------Partial Name2
SAM JONES-------123------SAM-------*SAM*
TOM CLIFF---------234-------TOM-------*TOM*