Convert rows into columns when row header found

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Hi,&nbsp;I have some data from ADFind tool.&nbsp; The data has headers rather than a separate column every time a new record is matched.&nbsp; Any idea's how to convert something like this into rows/columns in Power BI:&nbsp;Record : 1Col1 : valueCol2 : valueCol3 : valueRecord : 2Col1 : valueCol4 : valueRecord : 3Col1 : value&nbsp;Any suggestions appreciated.&nbsp;

v-chuncz-msft · Accepted Answer

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You may refer to the code below.
let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCkpNzi9KUbBSMFSK1YlWcs7PMQRyyhJzSlMN4UJGcCEjmJAxXMgYLAQ3xwjDHCO4OSZwIRNUTcYYmoyBmmIB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each if Text.StartsWith([Column1], "Record :") then [Column1] else null),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each not Text.StartsWith([Column1], "Record : ")),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Filtered Rows", "Column1", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(":", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Column1.1", "Column1.2"}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Split Column by Delimiter", List.Distinct(#"Split Column by Delimiter"[Column1.1]), "Column1.1", "Column1.2")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

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