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jasmin_w
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Merging multiple columns Into 1 without concatenating/merging cell values

Hi PBI community, 

 

I want to create a new column that takes values from 5 different columns and puts them into 1 column, but I do not want the 5 values in the same cell. I want them to each have their own row.  I pretty much want any level of manager to be able to see any employee that falls under them when they filter for their name, not just their direct reports but everyone reporting to people underneath them. I hope I articulated this well enough. I know you can use LOOKUPVALUE to bring in a new column, but I want to do that for multiple values without concatenating.

 

For example: 

 

Table 

Employee Level 1 Manager Level 2 Manager Level 3 Manager Level 4 Manager Level 5 Manager 
John Smith Jessica Johnson  Henry Williams Greg Cox Fred Marks Larry Walter 
Kelly Ann John Martin Bill Finn Sam Berk Ashley Bensen Barbara Hurst 

 

What I want the resulting table to look like:

Employee Manager  
John Smith Jessica Johnson 
John Smith Henry Williams 
John Smith Greg Cox 
John Smith Fred Marks 
John Smith Larry Walter 
Kelly Ann John Martin 
Kelly Ann Bill Finn 
Kelly Ann Sam Berk 
Kelly Ann Ashley Bensen 
Kelly Ann Barbara Hurst 
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MohTawfik
Resolver I
Resolver I

hi @jasmin_w 
you can do this on power query
If you have the table on Excel file then you open power query as below then follow the steps:

Open power QueryOpen power Query

 

Step 1Step 1
Step 2Step 2Step 3Step 3step 4step 4


hope you find it helpful

 

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