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67nmark
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Create a reference column on which to summarize

Hello again,

 

I have a 1000 row dataset from survey monkey. There are 6 columns of data (Col1,Col,...,Col6). The value in each row across all columns is a number, 1 - 6.

 

I'm new to Power BI so what I'm struggling with is how to create the row labels in my output table.

 

Thanks in advance,

Mark

 

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Hi @67nmark

 

You can easily do it in QUERY EDITOR with a series of unpivoting, GROUPING and Pivoting back

 

See the atatched file here

 

Step#1

 

Select All Columns and unpivot them

 

Step1.jpg

 

Step # 2

 

Group by VALUE and ATTRIBUTE and aggreagate by COUNTROWS

 

Step2.png

 

Step 3

 

Pivot the attribute Column using Count column as Values

 

Step3.png

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SivaMani
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@67nmark,

 

Is that really what you're looking for?

 

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Hi @67nmark

 

You can easily do it in QUERY EDITOR with a series of unpivoting, GROUPING and Pivoting back

 

See the atatched file here

 

Step#1

 

Select All Columns and unpivot them

 

Step1.jpg

 

Step # 2

 

Group by VALUE and ATTRIBUTE and aggreagate by COUNTROWS

 

Step2.png

 

Step 3

 

Pivot the attribute Column using Count column as Values

 

Step3.png

@Zubair_Muhammad you've just opened a door in my Power Query knowledge. Thanks for the great set of instructions and the sample file, much appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Mark

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