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arthur_mq
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Rearrange table by grouping values in columns

Hi, I have a table that list items by date (ItemsTable below). Each date lists more than one item. I want to rearrange this table by grouping the dates in columns with their items listed below (Ite...
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gmsamborn
Super User
2 years ago

Hi arthur_mq 

 

I'm not sure how to "number each item" but sorting is handled with CONCATENATEX's optional parameters.  Can you explain this numbering?

 

(I would probably wait to see what Ashish_Mathur  can come up with using a Power Query approach since this CONCATENATEX() usage is very limited and mainly for display purposes.)

 

arthur_mq's avatar
arthur_mq
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Hi gmsamborn 

I modified the DAX formula to add a number to each item and sort them, but the sorting is not working. Any ideas?

 

 

Vertical List_M =
CONCATENATEX(
'Table',
" (" & FORMAT(RANKX('Table', 'Table'[Item],,ASC), "0") & ") "& 'Table'[Item] & UNICHAR(10) & UNICHAR(10)
)

  • gmsamborn's avatar
    gmsamborn
    Super User
    2 years ago

    Hi arthur_mq 

     

    Would something like this help?

    Vertical List_M =
CONCATENATEX(
    'Table',
    " ("
        & FORMAT(
            RANKX(
                'Table',
                'Table'[Item],
                ,
                ASC
            ),
            "0"
        ) & ") " & 'Table'[Item],
	UNICHAR( 10 ),		-- Separator (otpional)
	,					-- Sorting expression (optional)
	ASC					-- Sorting direction (optional)
)

     

    I'm not sure that will work and am pretty much out of ideas.   Like I mentioned earlier, this method has limited usefulness.