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I have the following data:
name -- january -- february -- and so on...
Foo -- 10 -- 72.2 -- ....
Bar -- 89.1 -- 108.4 -- ...
But, I want to change it to this:
name -- month -- value
Foo -- january -- 10
Foo -- february -- 72.2
... all next months
Bar -- january -- 89.1
Bar -- february -- 108.4
I want to learn how can I do that using DAX and M? One example using only M and the other using only Dax.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi caarlos
in Power Query (M) use unpivot other columns.
I never use DAX to solve this as I prefer M
Hi @Anonymous
Here is a DAX based solution. I reckon PQ is the better way to go but this is what it might look like in DAX. I've assumed your table is called Table and the columns are as per your sample
Table =
Var TableMonths = DataTable(
"MonthName", STRING,{
{"January"},{"February"},{"March"},{"April"},{"May"},{"June"},{"July"},{"August"},{"September"},{"October"},{"November"},{"December"}
}
)
Var CrossJoined = CROSSJOIN(Table1,TableMonths)
Return SELECTCOLUMNS( CrossJoined ,
"Name" , [Name] ,
"Month" , [MonthName] ,
"Value" , SWITCH([MonthName] ,
"January" , [January] ,
"February" , [February] ,
"March" , [March] ,
"April" , [April] ,
"May" , [May] ,
"June" , [June] ,
"July" , [July] ,
"August" , [August] ,
"September" , [September] ,
"October" , [October] ,
"November" , [November] ,
"December" , [December] ,
BLANK()) )
Hi @Anonymous
Here is a DAX based solution. I reckon PQ is the better way to go but this is what it might look like in DAX. I've assumed your table is called Table and the columns are as per your sample
Table =
Var TableMonths = DataTable(
"MonthName", STRING,{
{"January"},{"February"},{"March"},{"April"},{"May"},{"June"},{"July"},{"August"},{"September"},{"October"},{"November"},{"December"}
}
)
Var CrossJoined = CROSSJOIN(Table1,TableMonths)
Return SELECTCOLUMNS( CrossJoined ,
"Name" , [Name] ,
"Month" , [MonthName] ,
"Value" , SWITCH([MonthName] ,
"January" , [January] ,
"February" , [February] ,
"March" , [March] ,
"April" , [April] ,
"May" , [May] ,
"June" , [June] ,
"July" , [July] ,
"August" , [August] ,
"September" , [September] ,
"October" , [October] ,
"November" , [November] ,
"December" , [December] ,
BLANK()) )
Thank you so much for this. It is really helpful and I used this to solve a work problem!!
Hi caarlos
in Power Query (M) use unpivot other columns.
I never use DAX to solve this as I prefer M
Thanks to share it. I really appreciated your help.
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