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kattlees
Post Patron
7 years agoNeed help on how to set up database
I am struggling with how to organize the data from the database I can connect to and wondering if someone has any suggestions. I have attached some sample data The database has 8 columns with an...
- 7 years ago
Hi kattlees ,
this code should do if your data is not too large:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("rdNRa4MwEAfwryI+C96lxuR8dg/tViZzb6UP0gYsrComfv9FNphp52xkL+FIyI/Lkf/hEDIuhYAwCrHo2xPaAmQMFDNACoAyEHbraV9kDAWRrRlKuz6/kBxPxgvF0J/qSqtzoIeu+7goHR6jqazNPl8ll9eLqaNg19bNHVm+ryLzVlmwapQL5pVRD3l040kgu+dafdvdWzxdtIgnrrRt3q7rukrAlV4H8z8tFdWg102KAF2qNCvnhMTZ75SMcfMl4SZDuJUYLD1vmgKEbyrN4IciPtZMTD8W80yBn/xQCvzI5RT4eRLhjxT4WZgizMbAl4LZHPhKCZ8PgndXM9/XnxLMtnX8BA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [customer = _t, code = _t, #"Entry Date Time" = _t, nurse = _t, seq = _t, formcd = _t, formseq = _t, ans = _t]), ChangeType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"customer", Int64.Type}, {"code", type text}, {"Entry Date Time", type text}, {"nurse", type text}, {"seq", Int64.Type}, {"formcd", type text}, {"formseq", Int64.Type}, {"ans", type text}}), #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Buffer(Table.Sort(ChangeType,{{"Entry Date Time", Order.Descending}})), #"Removed Duplicates" = Table.Distinct(#"Sorted Rows", {"customer", "code", "formcd", "formseq"}), #"Changed Type with Locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Duplicates", {{"Entry Date Time", type datetime}}, "en-US"), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type with Locale",{{"Entry Date Time", type date}}), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type1",{"Entry Date Time", "nurse", "seq"}), #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Removed Columns", List.Distinct(#"Removed Columns"[code]), "code", "ans"), #"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Pivoted Column", {"customer", "formcd", "formseq"}, #"Changed Type1", {"customer", "formcd", "formseq"}, "Pivoted Column", JoinKind.LeftOuter), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Date", each List.Min([Pivoted Column][Entry Date Time])), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Pivoted Column"}) in #"Removed Columns1"
ImkeF
Community Champion
7 years agoHi kattlees ,
once you've pasted the code into the advanced editor, you can leave it and edit the steps from the UI where needed. You have to edit the first step "Source" to connect to your DB. Please check this video - hopefully it helps: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/Power-BI-Forum-Help-How-to-integrate-M-code-into-your-existing/m-p/179314
Not sure about your remark about the date and time: Do you need a new code here?
kattlees
Post Patron
7 years agoThank you for the video. I will watch it right away.
As for the date and time - not sure if it matters but in the database, there are TWO Columns. nsma1_dt and nsma1_tm so the date and time are separated - not a combined field.