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sam_sirius
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3 years ago
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Create a table visual with dynamic columns

Hello all,   I am trying to create a table visual in which the user can choose which columns they view via a slicer. I have a spreadsheet with 26 columns, and they thematically can be grouped toget...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi sam_sirius ,

    You can follow the steps below to achieve it:

    1. Add one index column and unpivot the columns except the new index column in Power Query Editor

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("bc/BDoIwDAbgd9mZBDYQ4QrGcPBg9GQIh6oLkkwXB4uRp7fthUU9rFvT7Ev/thVSRKKyZ6wqiZM8lmWeYlPgkesVDY3XeG1sj7Ue3MVQux/mGUQXtUJhdwQHNyJkQJRM0OukjbGvX2QHI/QPzUzKjDFvYlTAyISdYlmlhun/Khl2W6evRKQhQSFlSfXA0y+h8q7XjglK3ICzhpEsRBSXdNmjgfs44T9c/OnBaU7gMRIm6j4=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [UID = _t, Name = _t, DOB = _t, #"Shoe Size" = _t, Height = _t, #"Favourite Colour" = _t, #"Favourite Animal" = _t, #"Favourite Shape" = _t, #"Favourite Food " = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"UID", Int64.Type}, {"Name", type text}, {"DOB", type text}, {"Shoe Size", Int64.Type}, {"Height", Int64.Type}, {"Favourite Colour", type text}, {"Favourite Animal", type text}, {"Favourite Shape", type text}, {"Favourite Food ", type text}}),
        #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 1, 1, Int64.Type),
        #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Added Index", {"Index"}, "Columns", "Value"),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Group", each if [Columns] ="UID" or [Columns]= "Name" then "group 0" else if [Columns] = "DOB"  or [Columns]=  "Shoe Size" or [Columns]= "Height" then "group 1" else if Text.Contains([Columns],"Favourite") then "group 2" else null)
    in
        #"Added Custom"

    2. Create a slicer using [Group] field and matrix visual as below screenshot

    Best Regards