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lightw0rks
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Combine rows by ID and transpose columns

I have the following table, where A = a number and B = some text

 

IDDataTypeValue
1NumberA
1TextB
2NumberA
2Text B
3NumberA
3TextB

 

I would like the followng output:

 

IDNumberText
1AB
2AB
3AB

 

I have tried using Group by and transposing the columns, as well as trying to create a custom column but have not been successful. Any help would be appreciated.

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MFelix
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Super User

Hi @lightw0rks ,

 

If you have the table as presented you need to:

  • Select Data Type column
  • Transform
  • Pivot Columns
  • Use values of colum Text
  • Don't aggregate
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUfIrzU1KLQIyDJVidSBCIakVJUDKCSxghKnGCF2NMaYaYxQ1sQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, DataType = _t, Value = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"DataType", type text}, {"Value", type text}}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Changed Type", List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[DataType]), "DataType", "Value")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

 

If you don't have the datatype column you need to add the a calculated column with the following code:

if (try Number.From([Value]) otherwise "Text" ) = "Text" then "Text" else "Number"

 

then just follow the steps above using this new column


Regards

Miguel Félix


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MFelix
Super User
Super User

Hi @lightw0rks ,

 

If you have the table as presented you need to:

  • Select Data Type column
  • Transform
  • Pivot Columns
  • Use values of colum Text
  • Don't aggregate
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUfIrzU1KLQIyDJVidSBCIakVJUDKCSxghKnGCF2NMaYaYxQ1sQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, DataType = _t, Value = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"DataType", type text}, {"Value", type text}}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Changed Type", List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[DataType]), "DataType", "Value")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

 

If you don't have the datatype column you need to add the a calculated column with the following code:

if (try Number.From([Value]) otherwise "Text" ) = "Text" then "Text" else "Number"

 

then just follow the steps above using this new column


Regards

Miguel Félix


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!

Check out my blog: Power BI em Português



Thanks MFelix, works great!

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