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Count names in multiline SharePoint column

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Posted on by ebels 88
Hi there,
 
I'm currently building a power app and want to get a name count from a multi line sharepoint column.
What I want to do is to count the rows where a selected name is in the people column, like so:
 
Miriam Graham: 3
Lee Gu: 2
 
 
I want to store it in a collection. Any idea how to get this working?
 
Kind regards,
Sarah
 
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    WarrenBelz 154,538 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Hi @ebels
    Something like this should do it - I assume you have those values separated by a comma.
    ClearCollect(
   MyCollection,
   AddColumns(
      GroupBy(
         Split(
            YourTextField.Text,
            ","
         ),
         Value,
         Grouped
      ),
      Total,
      CountRows(Grouped)
   )
)
     
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    ebels 88 on at
    Thanks for your help! This did it.

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