Connecting GUID to projects

[Archie-gh]

Hi all, 

I have a list of data coming from project online site and I need to make a connection in power bi for reporting persepective. 

the problem is that my list includes GUID ID like "8e6c1875-7103-b4d5-b8t0-e1cf4a0c2251" and I don;t how to make a connection with project lists, 

is there any way to convert the GUID to project ID or something like this?

[v-eqin-msft]

Hi @Archie-gh ,

Sorry for misunderstanding...

According to this

the problem is that my list includes GUID ID like "8e6c1875-7103-b4d5-b8t0-e1cf4a0c2251" and I don;t how to make a connection with project lists, 

So are there two tables(or more) : GUID table and Project table? Are there any linkable columns between these two tables? If not,what logic is used to connect them?

Can you please share more detail information about your table to help us clarify your scenario?

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin

[Archie-gh]

Sure, 

in project online, each proejct and task have an ID. 

GUID is a link or address of each list connected to the project like below 

https://xxxxx.com/sites/pwa/Name%20Of%20Project/_layouts/15/listedit.aspx?List=%7B8e6c1875-7103-b4d5-b8t0-e1cf4a0c2251%7D

(Bold and underlined numbers are GUID) 

my question is

can I extarct project ID from GUID? if yes how? 

if No, what is the best way to extract the projectid from a list?

hope that help you 

[Archie-gh]

Hi, 

Thanks for your reply, 

I didn't get what you are saying, I need to get Project ID of each GUID. how can I get project ID by your method?

[v-eqin-msft]

Hi @Archie-gh ,

You could follow: Duplicate a table which has GUID column -->Select the GUID column-->Remove other columns--Remove duplicate rows>Add an Index column。

Then you could merge with other tables so that they will have a more simple ID column (Index column)

For more information, please refer to the blogs:

Replace GUIDs with a Surrogate Key for Better Performance

Power BI Tutorial: Generate ID field using Power Query

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
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