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Hey everyone!
I suppose it's a very simple case, but I really have no idea, how to solve it.
I've got a column in PowerQuery, which contains value/link "Table". If I click and open it - there is only 1 value.
How to "open" this column?
Please, check the picture below.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Solved! Go to Solution.
@D3K in your case you can't expand those tables because not all the rows in that column has table value. Unless all the records are table in that column you can't apply Table.ExpandTableColumn.
But there is a workarounnd. Let's suppose your source data is following
Template | Description1 | Description2 |
Q1 | Raushan | abc |
Q1 | Raushan | def |
Q1 | Raushan | ghi |
Q1 | Raushan | jkl |
Q2 | Sanjay | AB |
Q2 | Sanjay | CD |
Q2 | Sanjay | EF |
And you find yourself in this step
You can do this
/// you need to customize from here on to fit your scenario
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(Custom1, "Custom", each Value.Type([Column1])),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1", each Type.Is([Custom],Table.Type)),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then Table.RemoveColumns(Table.Group(#table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}), {"Description1"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),{"Description1"}) else [Column1]),
Custom4 = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then #table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}) else [Column1]),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(Custom4, "Custom.3", each if [Custom.1] = false then [Column1] else " "),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Custom", "Custom.1"}),
#"Expanded Custom.2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Custom.2", {"Description1", "Description2"}, {"Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Expanded Custom.2",{"Column1", "Custom.3", "Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Reordered Columns",{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns2"
to come to this
the full code is here
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCknNLchJLElV0lFySS1OLsosKMnMzzNE5RopxepEKwWCRIMSS4szEvOArMSkZGzCKalp2ITTMzKxCWdl50CEjYCc4MS8rMRKIMPRCYugswsWQVc3pdhYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}}),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Changed Type", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Template", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Description2", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type1", {"Template"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Template=text, Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each let
X = [ad],
Y = Table.RemoveColumns(X,{"Template"})
in Y),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"ad"}),
#"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Removed Columns"),
X = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Transposed Table",{"Column2"}),
Y = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Transposed Table",{"Column1"}),
Z = Table.RenameColumns(Y,{{"Column2", "Column1"}}),
Custom1 = X&Z,
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(Custom1, "Custom", each Value.Type([Column1])),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1", each Type.Is([Custom],Table.Type)),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then Table.RemoveColumns(Table.Group(#table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}), {"Description1"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),{"Description1"}) else [Column1]),
Custom4 = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then #table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}) else [Column1]),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(Custom4, "Custom.3", each if [Custom.1] = false then [Column1] else " "),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Custom", "Custom.1"}),
#"Expanded Custom.2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Custom.2", {"Description1", "Description2"}, {"Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Expanded Custom.2",{"Column1", "Custom.3", "Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Reordered Columns",{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns2"
hi @D3K
You may refer to this similar post too:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Expand-value-from-table/td-p/214838
Regards,
Lin
Thanks a lot! It works, in a both ways.
Sorry for the late answer - was on a vacation
hi @D3K
You may refer to this similar post too:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Expand-value-from-table/td-p/214838
Regards,
Lin
@D3K in your case you can't expand those tables because not all the rows in that column has table value. Unless all the records are table in that column you can't apply Table.ExpandTableColumn.
But there is a workarounnd. Let's suppose your source data is following
Template | Description1 | Description2 |
Q1 | Raushan | abc |
Q1 | Raushan | def |
Q1 | Raushan | ghi |
Q1 | Raushan | jkl |
Q2 | Sanjay | AB |
Q2 | Sanjay | CD |
Q2 | Sanjay | EF |
And you find yourself in this step
You can do this
/// you need to customize from here on to fit your scenario
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(Custom1, "Custom", each Value.Type([Column1])),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1", each Type.Is([Custom],Table.Type)),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then Table.RemoveColumns(Table.Group(#table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}), {"Description1"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),{"Description1"}) else [Column1]),
Custom4 = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then #table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}) else [Column1]),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(Custom4, "Custom.3", each if [Custom.1] = false then [Column1] else " "),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Custom", "Custom.1"}),
#"Expanded Custom.2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Custom.2", {"Description1", "Description2"}, {"Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Expanded Custom.2",{"Column1", "Custom.3", "Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Reordered Columns",{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns2"
to come to this
the full code is here
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCknNLchJLElV0lFySS1OLsosKMnMzzNE5RopxepEKwWCRIMSS4szEvOArMSkZGzCKalp2ITTMzKxCWdl50CEjYCc4MS8rMRKIMPRCYugswsWQVc3pdhYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}}),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Changed Type", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Template", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Description2", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type1", {"Template"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Template=text, Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each let
X = [ad],
Y = Table.RemoveColumns(X,{"Template"})
in Y),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"ad"}),
#"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Removed Columns"),
X = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Transposed Table",{"Column2"}),
Y = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Transposed Table",{"Column1"}),
Z = Table.RenameColumns(Y,{{"Column2", "Column1"}}),
Custom1 = X&Z,
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(Custom1, "Custom", each Value.Type([Column1])),
Custom2 = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.1", each Type.Is([Custom],Table.Type)),
#"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then Table.RemoveColumns(Table.Group(#table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}), {"Description1"}, {{"ad", each _, type table [Description1=text, Description2=text]}}),{"Description1"}) else [Column1]),
Custom4 = Table.AddColumn(Custom2, "Custom.2", each if [Custom.1] =false then #table({"Description1", "Description2"}, {{"",""}}) else [Column1]),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(Custom4, "Custom.3", each if [Custom.1] = false then [Column1] else " "),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Custom", "Custom.1"}),
#"Expanded Custom.2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Custom.2", {"Description1", "Description2"}, {"Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Expanded Custom.2",{"Column1", "Custom.3", "Description1", "Description2"}),
#"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Reordered Columns",{"Column1"})
in
#"Removed Columns2"
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