Power Query formula - powerquery

Question

I would like to create a formula in power query
this is the data
value :
High-back|low-back|Mid-back|No Back
description:
Venus Comfort Mesh High-Back Fabric Chair.
I would like the query to look at the data under value and if its in the description the output should say "fix" How can I create that rule? so this example should say "fix" because High-back is in the description and the value. If you can help me create an output to say the High-back value would be perfect.. can you show me both outputs?

Answer 1

So, if I'm understanding you correctly, you are asking that if you have a table like this:
...
You want to know how to derive this:
(This output example assumes you want to ignore text case.)
The answer is to add a new custom column with a formula like this:
(The Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase is what causes this to ignore the text case. So if case matters, then remove the , Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase from the formula.)

Answer 2

Is this output more in line with what you are asking, Shanna?
If so, here's one way to get there. Starting with this table:
Add an index column:
(Add Column -> Index Column)
Then split by delimiter, on the pipes:
(Home -> Split Column -> By Delimiter ->
->
OK)
Then make sure the value and description columns are text type:
(Select both the value and description columns then -> Home -> Data Type -> Text)
Add a column containing the result whether each row's description contains its value (has a value-description match):
(Add Column -> Custom Column ->
->
OK)
Group on the Index column, using All Rows:
(Transform -> Group By ->
->
OK)
Add a column and identify whether the information in the row's grouped table has a value-description match listed in it by returning "fix" for the row:
(Add Column -> Custom Column ->
->
OK)
Merge the earlier table state from the applied step where the index column was added and the last state where the "fix" was (or wasn't) added for each row:
(You can set this up by clicking: Home -> Merge Queries ->
Note that the second table that is selected here is the same table as the first, which is the current table.
-> OK
Change the merge made above by editing the formula from:
= Table.NestedJoin(#"Added Custom1", {"Index"}, #"Added Custom1", {"Index"}, "Added Custom1", JoinKind.LeftOuter)
to
= Table.NestedJoin(#"Added Index", {"Index"}, #"Added Custom1", {"Index"}, "Added Custom1", JoinKind.LeftOuter))
Expand the tables in the Added Custom column from the merge:
(Click ->
->
OK)
Remove the Index column:
(Select the Index column then -> Home -> Remove Columns)
Here's the M code for it:
let
Source = Table1,
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Index", {{"value", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("|", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "value"),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"value", type text}, {"description", type text}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom.1", each Text.Contains([description],[value],Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Added Custom", {"Index"}, {{"AllData", each _, type table [value=nullable text, description=text, Custom=table, Index=number, Custom.1=logical]}}),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "fix?", each if List.AnyTrue([AllData][Custom.1]) then "fix" else null),
#"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Added Index", {"Index"}, #"Added Custom1", {"Index"}, "Added Custom1", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
#"Expanded Added Custom1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Added Custom1", {"fix?"}, {"fix?"}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Added Custom1",{"Index"})
in
#"Removed Columns"