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4 years agopower query- generate a list for each record using "offset down" logic
Hi Power Query Gurus, Is it possible to generate a list of records with the following pattern? I have 2 columns: "Text" and "Number". "Number" provides a count of records I need in the list, a...
- 4 years ago
First add an Index column (with a starting index of 0).
Then add a custom column with the formula:
= if [number]=0 then null else List.Range(#"Added Index"[text],[Index]+1,[number])Finally, remove that Index column
The M Code to reproduce this, which you can paste into a blank query:
let //the data Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VY5LCoAwDESvIlm7EPU2xUWUoMX0Q2wt3t6iWHX5ZjKTUQrQeyaooYGhVuAJpXqJo8nQXWDQzi5Te1va0j+aMJAYYmeLtAXBNJLIUXJzxB3LwciRHr+/FCf5zVvKZD59q076O3VaCqEXPblw83AC", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [text = _t, number = _t]), //set the data types #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"text", type text}, {"number", Int64.Type}}), #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type), //add custom column #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "List", each if [number]=0 then null else List.Range(#"Added Index"[text],[Index]+1,[number])), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Index"}) in #"Removed Columns"