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Convert few columns into rows in an existing table
- 9 years ago
Hi pointtoshare,
If we Unpivot these 4 columns: E,F,G,H, we will get below result. The other columns are still kept as original. From the image which is your expected output, I am confused why each record repeats for three times.
To your second question"can I convert columns into rows in a calculated table", it is not available to pivot/unpivot a calculated table in query editor mode. However, to work around this issue, please try below DAX:
New Table = UNION ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "E", "Col2", 'Convert column'[E] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "F", "Col2", 'Convert column'[F] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "G", "Col2", 'Convert column'[G] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "H", "Col2", 'Convert column'[H] ) )Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
Post sample data in its original format and then desired output from that data.
Hi Sean,
Here is my sample data table:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |
| Category1 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 |
| Category2 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 |
| Category3 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 |
And, here is my expected output:
| A | Col Name | Col Name |
| Category1 | E | 1 |
| Category1 | E | 1 |
| Category1 | E | 1 |
| Category1 | F | 2 |
| Category1 | F | 2 |
| Category1 | F | 2 |
| Category1 | G | 3 |
| Category1 | G | 3 |
| Category1 | G | 3 |
| Category1 | H | 4 |
| Category1 | H | 4 |
| Category1 | H | 4 |
| Category2 | E | 1 |
| Category2 | E | 1 |
| Category2 | E | 1 |
| Category2 | F | 2 |
| Category2 | F | 2 |
| Category2 | F | 2 |
| ……… |
I want to convert only E, F, G, H Columns into Rows based on column A, keeping other columns as it is. Please let me know should you need any further clarifications.
Thanks.
- v-yulgu-msft9 years ago
Microsoft Employee
Hi pointtoshare,
If we Unpivot these 4 columns: E,F,G,H, we will get below result. The other columns are still kept as original. From the image which is your expected output, I am confused why each record repeats for three times.
To your second question"can I convert columns into rows in a calculated table", it is not available to pivot/unpivot a calculated table in query editor mode. However, to work around this issue, please try below DAX:
New Table = UNION ( SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "E", "Col2", 'Convert column'[E] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "F", "Col2", 'Convert column'[F] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "G", "Col2", 'Convert column'[G] ), SELECTCOLUMNS ( 'Convert column', "A", 'Convert column'[A], "Col1", "H", "Col2", 'Convert column'[H] ) )Best regards,
Yuliana Gu- pointtoshare9 years agoFrequent Visitor
Hi v-yulgu-msft,
Thanks for your support. If I unpivot 4 columns other columns will remain same but the rows will be splitted based on the mentioned 4 columns value that's what I don't want to be. I want other columns value as a consolidated one the reason why I wan to unpivot these 4 columns in a separate table. Each record is not repeating three times, three 1s are different three values, I kept it same to mean it as a group.
Thanks for the DAX expression, I will try it and get back to you if it doesn't serve my purpose.