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Raul
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Power Query Column

Hi community!

I am trying to create in Power Query 3 columns for an imported text file which gives me this result:

Column1Column2Column3
Local1  
 84555600 
  1
 84333500 
  1
Local2  
 84500500 
  2
 84300300 
  1
 84200200 
  3
 84600600 
  1
------------

 

And I want it to be shown in this way:

LocalsCodItemQty
Local1845556001
Local1843335001
Local2845005002
Local2843003001
Local2842002003
Local2846006001

 

How can I create these new columns from existing ones?
Thank you very much for your help.

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selimovd
Super User
Super User

Hey @Raul ,

 

you can get that by a combination of the "Fill" --> "Down" feature and the removal of the additional rows:

selimovd_0-1635794096311.png

 

Check my example, that should explain it to you:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8slPTswxVNJRAqFYnWgQbWFiampqZmCAJAREhghpY2NjU+zSYOOMMIwzMMBQb4RknIGBMR7bjAwMjNCljRHSQIdic2ssAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable 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}}),
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type","",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column1", "Column2", "Column3"}),
    #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value", "Delte?", each if [Column2] = null and [Column3] = null then "delete" else null),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Conditional Column",{"Column1"}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([#"Delte?"] <> "delete")),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Delte?"}),
    #"Filled Down1" = Table.FillDown(#"Removed Columns",{"Column2"}),
    #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down1", each ([Column3] <> null))
in
    #"Filtered Rows1"

 

If you need any help please let me know.
If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
 
Best regards
Denis
 

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selimovd
Super User
Super User

Hey @Raul ,

 

you can get that by a combination of the "Fill" --> "Down" feature and the removal of the additional rows:

selimovd_0-1635794096311.png

 

Check my example, that should explain it to you:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8slPTswxVNJRAqFYnWgQbWFiampqZmCAJAREhghpY2NjU+zSYOOMMIwzMMBQb4RknIGBMR7bjAwMjNCljRHSQIdic2ssAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable 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}}),
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type","",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column1", "Column2", "Column3"}),
    #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Replaced Value", "Delte?", each if [Column2] = null and [Column3] = null then "delete" else null),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Conditional Column",{"Column1"}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([#"Delte?"] <> "delete")),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Delte?"}),
    #"Filled Down1" = Table.FillDown(#"Removed Columns",{"Column2"}),
    #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down1", each ([Column3] <> null))
in
    #"Filtered Rows1"

 

If you need any help please let me know.
If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
 
Best regards
Denis
 

Great! Works perfectly, thank you very much

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