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Hi everyone
It is possible to change the name of a column in powerQuery depending of the previous name?
I am trying it in advance editor but I cant reach a solution of this, an example would be very apreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Any ideas?
Greatings
@aoliver You can try unpivoting the columns and then replace the values under Attribute field from FirstName to SecondName, then finally pivot the table again.
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@aoliver Could you please provide an example to understand exactly about your requirement.
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let
Source = Table.Combine({#"tempAmb(DateStart)",#"tempAmb(DateEnd)"}),
- Here, i want to check if there is a column with the name:"firstName"
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(Source,{{"firstName", "secondName"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
So, if the query has a column called "firstName" it will be call "secondName" at the end.
I'll hope that this example would be enough to understand the problem, if not, I can write pseudocode @PattemManohar
Thanks