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stockturner
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Multiple table formats in a single text source file

Hi, I'm new to Power Bi, although I've worked extensively with excel, and developed some MS Access, non VBA solutions.    The data file I get from my broker contains multiple tables of data within t...
  • stretcharm's avatar
    8 years ago

    Here is a simple example of splitting types

     

    Load the file ensure the widest no columns are imported

    Basically add a conditional column to identify the first row of each type.

    use fill down to set all the rows between types to the header type.

    Then create references for each type and filter by the type column,

    From here you can shape each type of date

     

    Here is the advance editor code.

    let
        Source = Csv.Document(File.Contents("L:\Downloads\Sample_data_multple_types.csv"),[Delimiter=",", Columns=11, Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None]),
        #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "RowType", each if [Column1] = "Row type 1" then "Type1" else if [Column1] = "Row type 2" then "Type2" else if [Column1] = "Row type 3" then "Type3" else null),
        #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Conditional Column",{"RowType"})
    in
        #"Filled Down"

     

    Type 1 code

     

    let
        Source = Sample_data_multple_types,
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([RowType] = "Type1")),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Column4", "Column5", "Column6", "Column7", "Column8", "Column9", "Column10", "Column11"})
    in
        #"Removed Columns"