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dpbi
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8 years ago
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Distinct count loop in power query

Hi I need to add custom column that  itterates over a column and count distinct values in a repeated fix range.   In this example, the ‘CustomColumn’ in the ‘Result Table’ calculates the number of...
  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    8 years ago

    Hi dpbi,

     

    let
        Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\xxxx\xxxx\Desktop\Sample Data.xlsx"), null, true),
        #"Base Table_Sheet" = Source{[Item="Base Table",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
        #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Base Table_Sheet", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Index", Int64.Type}, {"Column1", type text}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "DistinctPerIndex", (This) => List.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Index] <= This[Index] and [Index] >= This[Index]-2)[Column1])),
        #"Expanded DistinctPerIndex" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "DistinctPerIndex"),
        #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Expanded DistinctPerIndex", {"Index"}, {{"CountDistinct", each Table.RowCount(_), type number}, {"AllData", each _, type table}}),
        #"Expanded AllData" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "AllData", {"Column1"}, {"AllData.Column1"}),
        #"Removed Duplicates" = Table.Distinct(#"Expanded AllData", {"Index"}),
        #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Duplicates",{{"AllData.Column1", "Column1"}})
    in
        #"Renamed Columns"

     

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu