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Anonymous
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2 years ago
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Excel Column Splitting

Hi,

I want to split data available in 2 columns. It seems to be not straightforward, as I want multiple entry text data in a single cell (Column 1) to be mapped against same row Column 2 data, so that parallel data in consecutive cells gets mapped against each other.

E.g.:

Column 1     

Column 2

1. Sam  

2. John   

Engineer

Architect

 

I want final result as:

Column 1     Column 2
Sam  Engineer
John  Architect

 

Can someone help urgently?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    This is my solution. You may have a try! 

    let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
    Table2 = Source{[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table2,{{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Contact name] <> null and [Contact name] <> ""),
    Custom1 = Table.FromColumns(List.Transform(Table.ToColumns(#"Filtered Rows"), each List.Combine(List.Transform(_, each Text.Split(_, "#(lf)")))), {"Contact Name", "Job Title"})
in
    Custom1

    From

    into

     

    Best Regards,
    Jing
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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
    Most Valuable Professional
    2 years ago

    Use this query as your next step. Replace Source with your previou step name.

    = Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Source), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Column1", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Column1], ".", 0))})))

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      2 years ago

      Hi Vijay - not clear. These are my column names "Contact name" and "Job Title". Can you pls. suggest complete step that can give the desired result from the existing format.

       

      I tried this (but error):

      let
      Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
      #"Changed Type" = Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Source, {{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}}), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Contact name", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Contact name], ".", 0))})))

      in
      #"Changed Type"

       

      • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
        Vijay_A_Verma
        Most Valuable Professional
        2 years ago

        Use this

        let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}})), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Contact name", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Contact name], ".", 0))})))
in
#"Changed Type"