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I currently have a Table in the following format:
ID | A_1 | A_2 | A_3 | B_1 | B_2 | B_3 |
1 | A_1_val | A_2_val | A_3_val | B_1_val | B_2_val | B_3_val |
2 | A_1_val | A_2_val | A_3_val | B_1_val | B_2_val | B_3_val |
Is it possible to merge specific columns into rows in a new table?
Along with adding a new column, with a value specific to which group of columns were used?
If possible, I would prefer to do this using Power Query.
With a new table, that has following columns: ID, X, Y, Z.
The column tranformations I would like to do are:
'A' Columns
ID -> ID
A_1 -> W
A_2 -> X
A_3 -> Y
Column Z, with the value "A"
'B' Columns
ID -> ID
B_1 -> W
B_2 -> X
B_3 -> Y
Column Z, with the value "B"
The end result I want is a table with the following data:
ID | W | X | Y | Z |
1 | A_1_val | A_2_val | A_3_val | "A" |
1 | B_1_val | B_2_val | B_3_val | "B" |
2 | A_1_val | A_2_val | A_3_val | "A" |
2 | B_1_val | B_2_val | B_3_val | "B" |
Solved! Go to Solution.
Pls see if this is what you want
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUXKMN4wvS8wBs4zgLGMoywku6wSXdYLKxupEKxlRZkIsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, A_1 = _t, A_2 = _t, A_3 = _t, B_1 = _t, B_2 = _t, B_3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"A_1", type text}, {"A_2", type text}, {"A_3", type text}, {"B_1", type text}, {"B_2", type text}, {"B_3", type text}}),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", "Attribute - Copy"),
#"Extracted Last Characters" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Duplicated Column", {{"Attribute", each Text.End(_, 1), type text}}),
#"Extracted First Characters" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Last Characters", {{"Attribute - Copy", each Text.Start(_, 1), type text}}),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Extracted First Characters","1","W",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","2","X",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Replaced Value2" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value1","3","Y",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Replaced Value2", List.Distinct(#"Replaced Value2"[Attribute]), "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{{"Attribute - Copy", "Z"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
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Pls see if this is what you want
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUXKMN4wvS8wBs4zgLGMoywku6wSXdYLKxupEKxlRZkIsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, A_1 = _t, A_2 = _t, A_3 = _t, B_1 = _t, B_2 = _t, B_3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"A_1", type text}, {"A_2", type text}, {"A_3", type text}, {"B_1", type text}, {"B_2", type text}, {"B_3", type text}}),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", "Attribute - Copy"),
#"Extracted Last Characters" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Duplicated Column", {{"Attribute", each Text.End(_, 1), type text}}),
#"Extracted First Characters" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Last Characters", {{"Attribute - Copy", each Text.Start(_, 1), type text}}),
#"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Extracted First Characters","1","W",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value","2","X",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Replaced Value2" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value1","3","Y",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"Attribute"}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Replaced Value2", List.Distinct(#"Replaced Value2"[Attribute]), "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{{"Attribute - Copy", "Z"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
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