Marco on 16 Jul 2015 14:17:27
We think regexp support will help the adoption of the Power Query tool in the most demanding use cases. Many thanks.
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RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
We need regex support! Not all IT admins allow users to install R so for us with no workaround, we need native regex!!
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
Absolutely needed .
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
Regex are essential part of string manipulation. Should be a must for Power BI!
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
regex is "THE" processing string tool. We need it!
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
regex is definitly a MUST support in string processing! Absolutely needed.
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
Another request here for REGEX support. While a huge amount is possiblewith existing M Code and the excelling Power Query UI, I've encountered a situation where I absolutely need to use REGEX to extract certain patterns from a field.
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
I need to use regex to parse a string representation into a lists of values. Please add this! Quite common to convert unstructured data into data that can be reported on.
~400 votes are here now for regex support!!
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
Nothing has been going on for almost four years, when do you implement RegEx in Power Query, Power BI?
Don't delay !
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
The lack of built in Regex is a great shortcoming in Power Bi. Fixed in SQL server long time ago, but lacking as soon as one uses Power Bi directly without SQL server as middle man.
RE: Regular Expressions support in Power Query
I'm also shocked. It's a must have.