Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
PietroFarias
Resolver II
Resolver II

Duplicate Rows of a Query (Power Query)

Would anyone know how I can duplicate the rows of a query based on a value in a column?

Here's an example:

 

 

IDInstallments
13575
16063
11262


To:

IDInstallments
13571
13572
13573
13574
13575
16061
16062
16063
11261
11262
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

Try this M code

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQ2NVfSUTJVitUBcswMzIAcYwjH0AjEMVKKjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Installments = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Installments", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each {Number.From(1)..Number.From([Installments])}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom",{"Installments"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Custom", "Instalments"}}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Instalments", Int64.Type}})
in
    #"Changed Type1"

 

Here is the result

 

Untitled.png


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

View solution in original post

3 REPLIES 3
cbhaskarUTA
New Member

Thanks Pietro & Ashish for this question and solution! Very helpful for adding/duplicating rows based on a column variable so that each unique instance can be assigned a primary key.

You are welcome.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

Try this M code

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQ2NVfSUTJVitUBcswMzIAcYwjH0AjEMVKKjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Installments = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Installments", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each {Number.From(1)..Number.From([Installments])}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom",{"Installments"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Custom", "Instalments"}}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Instalments", Int64.Type}})
in
    #"Changed Type1"

 

Here is the result

 

Untitled.png


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.