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Table filtering while import
Hello experts, I would like to import a table whose first column contains an order number, but for which there are several rows, since there are different processes for each order. now i don't want to import every process, but only the process with the highest process number per order. how can i filter this before i import the data into powerbi. the table actually has 250000 lines.
Hi Tober1996 ,
Please try grouping like this:
Add a step in the advanced editor after expanding the table:
Table.SelectRows(#"Expanded expand",each([Max]=[expand.flow_id]))Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.Hi together, thank you very much! The advanced grouping ist the solution, but it is not needed to write the extra code to see the other columns. You only have to press the button with the two arrows in the headline of the new column. than all existings columns expand and are shown again. 😄
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You can use Group By in the query editor to group on ID and get the max Process Order.
Alternatively, you could creat a subgroup index on process order for each ID, and then filter to "1" on the new index column. See this article on creating a subgroup index.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqXdSEN2k4
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Pat
Tober1996 , if you are importing from the database , there is an advanced option where you can write a query and filter
Or refer
Hi Tober1996 ,
Transform data before importing. In the queries editor,click the "group by" button then group by max process number of each order.
Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.Hi, thanks to all for your solutions. I tried Lian's solution (it looked like the easiest -for me-). But my table has a lot of columns and after using lian's solution, there are only the two columns from the grouping. I would like that the other columns of the selected max line are still available. Is this possible?
Hi Tober1996
Can you please share a sample of your input data so that we can see the structure of the table and provide an example of what you need based on that data? Show what the result would be. Please paste the data here in text-tabular format so that it can be copied (instead of a screen cap)
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