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Hi all,
I have a table like this (Table1):
| ID | Color | Texture | Taste |
| S1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| S2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| S3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| S4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| S5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
And I need a table like this :
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Color | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Texture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Taste | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
I created an excel table such as :
| Variable |
| Color |
| Texture |
| Taste |
I exported it in Power BI (Table2) and then I thought of adding 5 new columns, such as :
1= VAR Crit = 1 VAR CLR1 = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Table1),FILTER(Table1,Table1[Color] = Crit))
VAR CLR2 = IF(CLR1=0,0,CLR1) VAR TXTR1 = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Table1),FILTER(Table1,Table1[Texture] = Crit))
VAR TXTR2 =
IF(TXTR1=0,0,TXTR1) VAR TST1 = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Table1),FILTER(Table1,Table1[Taste] = Crit)) VAR TST2 =
IF(TST1=0,0,TST1) Return IF(Table2[Variable]="Color",CLR2,IF(Table2[Variable]="Texture",TXTR2,IF(Table2[Variable]="Taste",TST2,0)))
But it doesnt work. It doesnt return any message error, but the column is totally empty. Any ideas?
@Anonymous
With POwer Query, you can use this
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table3"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", type text}, {"Color", Int64.Type}, {"Texture", Int64.Type}, {"Taste", Int64.Type}}),
#"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Duplicated Column" = Table.DuplicateColumn(#"Unpivoted Columns", "Value", "Value - Copy"),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Duplicated Column",{"ID"}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Columns", {{"Value", type text}}, "en-US"), List.Distinct(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Columns", {{"Value", type text}}, "en-US")[Value]), "Value", "Value - Copy", List.Count)
in
#"Pivoted Column"
@Anonymous
See attached Excel files's Query Editor for steps
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