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Transform Table to Split Field with Multiple Entries Separated By Return
I'm working with a messy dataset and can't figure out how to transform my table to make it usable. Below is a sample. Column 3
has multiple entries in the same cell.
I'm trying to go from a table like this:
| Column1 | Column2 | Column3 |
| Food | Fruit | Apple Orange |
| Food | Fruit | Banana Pear Grapes |
| Food | Vegetable | Lettuce |
| Food | Vegetable | Spinach Broccoli |
To a table like this:
| Column1 | Column2 | Column3 |
| Food | Fruit | Apple |
| Food | Fruit | Orange |
| Food | Fruit | Banana |
| Food | Fruit | Pear |
| Food | Fruit | Grapes |
| Food | Vegetable | Lettuce |
| Food | Vegetable | Spinach |
| Food | Vegetable | Broccoli |
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
hi dreck ,
This is typical split column to rows, in Power Query.
The M code:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("dYoxCoAwEAT/crWfMIU2goJgY1KccdFAuIQz/t+UgsgUO7CzrtSltFNDnd6h1G1zjrAyKssBcs0nMCwVKxNYrfTKGde7W3Cg8BZRfUApt8ffPecg7E8rRpP3KQZy7gE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Column3", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("#(lf)", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Column3") in #"Split Column by Delimiter"it worked like:
you may also refer to articles like:
https://www.excelcampus.com/powerquery/split-into-rows/
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FreemanZSuper User
hi dreck ,
This is typical split column to rows, in Power Query.
The M code:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("dYoxCoAwEAT/crWfMIU2goJgY1KccdFAuIQz/t+UgsgUO7CzrtSltFNDnd6h1G1zjrAyKssBcs0nMCwVKxNYrfTKGde7W3Cg8BZRfUApt8ffPecg7E8rRpP3KQZy7gE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Column3", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("#(lf)", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Column3") in #"Split Column by Delimiter"it worked like:
you may also refer to articles like:
https://www.excelcampus.com/powerquery/split-into-rows/
Exactly what I needed, thanks for the help!
