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Return a Split Column After Transformation
Hi folks,
Is there an efficient way to return a previously split column (by row) back to a comma-separated list in a single cell after performing transformations on it? I have a table like the following, which I split by delimiter into rows so I could perform Left Outer Joins via the Merge Query utility in order to identify the users by another table:
Initial Table:
| JobID | Other Users |
| 111 | UserID1, UserID2 |
| 222 | UserID3, UserID5, UserID6 |
Resulting Table After Splitting "Other Users" Column And Performing Outer Joing with Other Table to ID users:
| Job ID | Other Users | User Names |
| 111 | UserID1 | Steve |
| 111 | UserID2 | Sally |
| 222 | UserID3 | Juan |
| 222 | UserID5 | Eric |
| 222 | UserID6 | Tran |
Desired Result (for the purposes of the report, it needs to return to this format):
| Job ID | User Names |
| 111 | Steve, Sally |
| 222 | Juan, Eric, Tran |
I am not sure how to get that final result so any insights would be appreciated. Thanks!
Anonymous Do a Group By step like this:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQ0VNJRCi1OLfJ0AbGCS1LLUpVidVBljEAyiTk5lWAZIyMjuIwxkOVVmpiHIWEKZLkWZSZjSJgBWSFFIB2xAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Job ID" = _t, #"Other Users" = _t, #"User Names" = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Job ID", Int64.Type}, {"Other Users", type text}, {"User Names", type text}}), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Job ID"}, {{"User Names", each Text.Combine([User Names], ", "), type nullable text}}) in #"Grouped Rows"
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Anonymous Do a Group By step like this:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQ0VNJRCi1OLfJ0AbGCS1LLUpVidVBljEAyiTk5lWAZIyMjuIwxkOVVmpiHIWEKZLkWZSZjSJgBWSFFIB2xAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Job ID" = _t, #"Other Users" = _t, #"User Names" = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Job ID", Int64.Type}, {"Other Users", type text}, {"User Names", type text}}), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Job ID"}, {{"User Names", each Text.Combine([User Names], ", "), type nullable text}}) in #"Grouped Rows"