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Hi community!
I am trying to create in Power Query 3 columns for an imported text file which gives me this result:
| Column1 | Column2 | Column3 |
| Local1 | ||
| 84555600 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 84333500 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Local2 | ||
| 84500500 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 84300300 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 84200200 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 84600600 | ||
| 1 | ||
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
And I want it to be shown in this way:
| Locals | CodItem | Qty |
| Local1 | 84555600 | 1 |
| Local1 | 84333500 | 1 |
| Local2 | 84500500 | 2 |
| Local2 | 84300300 | 1 |
| Local2 | 84200200 | 3 |
| Local2 | 84600600 | 1 |
How can I create these new columns from existing ones?
Thank you very much for your help.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hey @Raul ,
you can get that by a combination of the "Fill" --> "Down" feature and the removal of the additional rows:
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"
Hey @Raul ,
you can get that by a combination of the "Fill" --> "Down" feature and the removal of the additional rows:
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"
Great! Works perfectly, thank you very much
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