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Murat62
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8 years ago
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How to transform excel text list to table

Hello every one,   Firstly thanks for your coming support.   As an example, i would like to transform in power query the excel text list below   Column Text A regerge B ere C et...
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  • andris_'s avatar
    andris_
    8 years ago

    Hi Murat62,

     

    I'm not sure if I get this straight, but based on what you had said, my understanding is the following:

    The category column (named Column) is recursive, and whenever the sequence starts from the beginning (with "A" value), the record number increases with 1. 

     

    So, based on it, I don't know if there's any solution in the Power Query for that matter, but I figured out a way in Excel: if you create a new column with the following formula, you'll get the record numbers:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    =IFERROR(IF(A1>A2;C1+1;C1);1)

     

    If you load this table into PBI, you can create the pivot table in the Power Query you wanted. (with Column From Examples or even in Excel with the concatenate formula you can get the "record 1", "record 2"... format easily)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Let me know please if it solves your problem and whether it was helpful or not.

     

    Best regards,

    Andris

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andris_
Resolver I
8 years ago

Hi Murat62,

 

I'm not sure if I get this straight, but based on what you had said, my understanding is the following:

The category column (named Column) is recursive, and whenever the sequence starts from the beginning (with "A" value), the record number increases with 1. 

 

So, based on it, I don't know if there's any solution in the Power Query for that matter, but I figured out a way in Excel: if you create a new column with the following formula, you'll get the record numbers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

=IFERROR(IF(A1>A2;C1+1;C1);1)

 

If you load this table into PBI, you can create the pivot table in the Power Query you wanted. (with Column From Examples or even in Excel with the concatenate formula you can get the "record 1", "record 2"... format easily)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know please if it solves your problem and whether it was helpful or not.

 

Best regards,

Andris

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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
8 years ago

In Power Quey, you can:

buffer the table,

group on "Column", chosing operation "All Rows",

adjust the generated code to have an index column added to the nested tables,

expand the nested tables,

pivot the column "Column" with advanced option "Don't Aggregate" and

as a finishing touch you may add prefix "Record " to the record numbers.

 

let
    Source = Table.Buffer(ExcelTextList),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"Column"}, {{"AllRows", each Table.AddIndexColumn(_, "Record", 1, 1), type table}}),
    #"Expanded AllRows" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "AllRows", {"Text ", "Record"}, {"Text ", "Record"}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Expanded AllRows", List.Distinct(#"Expanded AllRows"[Column]), "Column", "Text "),
    #"Added Prefix" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Pivoted Column", {{"Record", each "Record " & Text.From(_, "en-US"), type text}})
in
    #"Added Prefix"