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alexlopesBS
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Remove rows based on category column

Hello, guys. 

 

Need help with some ETL stuff.

 

I have a table that comes to me bringing the following data:

 StoreProduct Department Store CategoryValues
1AlphaA12345
1BetaA12345
2AlphaB12345
2BetaB12345
2CaosB12345
3AlphaC12345
3BetaC12345

 

I get this info from a cube that cotains data on all departments for every store, and put it on excel. I cannot do anything with the data before it comes to excel. 

 

I then add it to Power BI and do the ETL process to fix it up. 

 

However, the client is requesting that I filter out "dead" departments in each store category, because it is tainting the whole picture with bad numbers. 

 

How could I do something like this:

DELETE ROW WHERE [Store Category] = B AND [Product Department] IN ("Beta", "Caos")

with Power Query? I am trying to figure it out using the documentation, but I am having a lot of difficulty finding the basic functions for Power Query on the microsoft site.

 

 

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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
Community Champion

The easiest way is to reformulate your selection criteria to select rows where [Store Category] <> "B" or ([Product Department] <> "Beta" and [Product Department] <> "Caos").

 

First select [Store Category] <> "B" to create base code:

 

Select not B.png

 

then adjust the generated code (in the red rectangle in the picture) to:

 

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Store Category] <> "B" or ([Product Department] <> "Beta" and [Product Department] <> "Caos"))
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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Dwivedi15
Helper I
Helper I

This did filtering the table but when counting rows using measure, it is counting all the rows even those filtered out rows.

 

MarcelBeug
Community Champion
Community Champion

The easiest way is to reformulate your selection criteria to select rows where [Store Category] <> "B" or ([Product Department] <> "Beta" and [Product Department] <> "Caos").

 

First select [Store Category] <> "B" to create base code:

 

Select not B.png

 

then adjust the generated code (in the red rectangle in the picture) to:

 

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Store Category] <> "B" or ([Product Department] <> "Beta" and [Product Department] <> "Caos"))
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

How do you delete the rows you don't want?

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