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Convert a single column to multiple table columns
- Anonymous8 years ago
Anonymous Steps to take in Edit Queries
1) Highlight "Value" column and under the Transform toolbar click "Unpivot Columns"
2) Go to Add Column tool bar - click "Index Column" (this will add an index column to your dataset
3) Highlight the Attribute and Index columns, right click and "Merge Columns" (Pick a delimiter)
4) Hightlight the Value and Merged columns, go back to the Transform toolbar, click "Pivot Column"
the "Value" column should be in the Values Column selector, click open Advanced options -> select "Don't Aggregate" from the dropdown. - click OK
Your output should look like this:
Looks like you are trying to pivot the table.
- What problem are you trying to solve?
- Is there any logic behind the identifiers?
Thanks for reaching out! It's now working fine. Yes, I was trying to pivot but, without the indexing, I was getting a huge number of columns . . .