How to transform grouped data?

[alex-JF]

Hi there, kinda difficult to explain what I want to get, therefore difficult to find something similar in forum, so I hope you can point me to the right stuff. To explain my point I'll prowide examples. Thank you in advance

Want to get:

john - mary,helga

bob - kate,alexa

smith - linda

Example source:

manager	customer
john	mary
bob	kate
bob	alexa
john	helga
smith	linda

[Fowmy · Accepted solution]

@alex-JF 
Please check the attached file

[alex-JF]

many thanks it works!

[123abc]

To transform the grouped data in Power BI from the example source to the desired format, you can use the following steps:

1. Load Your Data: Make sure you have loaded your data into Power BI. For this example, you'll have a table with columns named manager and customer.

2. Group Data:

   • Go to the Home tab in Power BI.
   • Click on Transform data to open the Power Query Editor.
   • In the Power Query Editor:
     • Select the manager column.
     • Click on the Group By option in the ribbon.
     • In the dialog that appears, choose All Rows for the Operation and customer for the New column name. This will group the customers for each manager.
     • Click OK.

3. Expand the Grouped Column:

   • After grouping, you will see a new column added, which contains lists of customers for each manager.
   • Click on the small double-arrow icon in the column header of the new column to expand the lists.
   • Choose to expand the lists into new rows.

4. Clean Up Data:

   • You might end up with null values for some rows (like for the smith - linda row since there's only one customer). You can handle this by replacing null values with appropriate placeholders or by removing unnecessary columns/rows.

5. Rename and Format:

   • Rename columns as needed. For instance, the grouped manager column might be renamed to just Manager, and the expanded customer column might be renamed to Customers.
   • You can further format or manipulate the data as required for your visualization or analysis.

6. Close & Apply:

   • Once you're done transforming the data in the Power Query Editor, click on Close & Apply in the top-left corner to apply the changes and return to the main Power BI window.

After these steps, your data should be transformed to the desired format:

DEX

john - mary,helga
bob - kate,alexa
smith - linda

Now you can use this transformed data in your Power BI reports and visualizations as required.

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[alex-JF]

I'm running into a problem:

when I try to expand

I'm ending up with my previous table without summarisation customers

what am I doing wrong? So when I'm trying to expand, I get new rows instead of new columns