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Anonymous
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Removing Null values before a dataset w/o removing entire rows

‎12-31-2018 09:45 AM

I'm working with data where a driver makes a run through a particular section of road each day. The raw data has a date/time, gps coordinates, and a speed but are all aggregated into a single .csv file.

 

DateTime               Lat     Long     Speed

12/25/18 9:00:01    xxx      xxx          25

12/25/18 9:00:02    xxx      xxx          26

...

12/26/18 9:00:01    xxx      xxx          24

12/26/18 9:00:02    xxx      xxx          23

...

 

I've managed to create a new column for each date with the speed data filling the rows but there are many "null" cells I cannot remove.

 

Elapsed Time        12/25/18     12/26/18          ...          ...

0                                25               null

1                                26               null

...

72                             null               24

73                             null               23

...

 

My goal is to collapse the data by shifting my data set up into a shared "elapsed time" like so:

Elapsed Time        12/25/18     12/26/18          ...          ...

0                                25                24

1                                26                23

...

 

I expect each run to take a different amount of time +/- 10 seconds and don't mine having null values after the data set but I need each column to run the data I have wrt the same elapsed time counter. Any suggestions?

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ImkeF
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‎01-01-2019 10:26 AM

Sure, everything is possible with PowerQuery (it's just a question of if it finishes on time 😉 )

 

Please check enclosed file. It creates a new column if there is a gap for more than one second. There is a parameter "DurationToStartNew" that let's you edit that time interval for the next column to start:

 

image.png

 

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Greg_Deckler
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‎12-31-2018 11:29 AM

I took your original table and added these two columns:

 

Date = DATE(YEAR([DateTime]),MONTH([DateTime]),DAY([DateTime]))

Elapsed Time = 
VAR __min = MINX(FILTER(ALL('Table6'),DATE(YEAR([DateTime]),MONTH([DateTime]),DAY([DateTime])) = DATE(YEAR(EARLIER([DateTime])),MONTH(EARLIER([DateTime])),DAY(EARLIER([DateTime])))),[DateTime])
RETURN DATEDIFF(__min,[DateTime],SECOND)

Then I could create a matrix that looked like what you wanted using Elapsed Time for my rows, Date for my Columns and Speed for my Value.

 

I attached the PBIX, you want Page 2, Table6



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Anonymous
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‎12-31-2018 03:31 PM

Does this work within power query as well?

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ImkeF
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‎01-01-2019 12:28 AM

To do this in the query editor, you would first add a new column that extracts that seconds from your datetime-columns:

 

image.png

 

Then transform the DateTime-column to date and pivot on it (with Speed as value and don't summarize in the advanced options).

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Anonymous
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‎01-01-2019 08:48 AM

Thanks for the prompt responses! Your solution works great in instances when my data starts at the same second but in instances where one data log starts at 5 seconds and another at 15 this solution produces unusable data. I'm not familiar with the M code used within power query but taking the (current time) - (the initial time from each date) would produce an "elapsed time" number.

 

Another solution could be to test that the interval between each datetime entry is one second and having a column count upwards from 0, resetting to 0 (ie, a new column once we create a matrix) when a jump more than say... 5 seconds is detected.

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‎01-01-2019 09:08 AM

Sorry, but I don't understand your request. Please provide sample data that makes your request more clear.

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‎01-01-2019 09:58 AM

DateTime                       Speed (mph)Second

12/16/2018 11:17:17 AM32.3717
12/16/2018 11:17:18 AM33.0818
12/16/2018 11:17:19 AM34.7219
12/16/2018 11:17:20 AM36.6420
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12/16/2018 11:17:35 AM46.6235
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Second would only work if the dataset is less than 60 seconds long. Is there a way to start counting seconds at 0 and continue until there is a large gap in datetime? (a few hours, or the start of the next calendar day?)

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‎01-01-2019 10:26 AM

Sure, everything is possible with PowerQuery (it's just a question of if it finishes on time 😉 )

 

Please check enclosed file. It creates a new column if there is a gap for more than one second. There is a parameter "DurationToStartNew" that let's you edit that time interval for the next column to start:

 

image.png

 

Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)

If you liked my solution, please give it a thumbs up. And if I did answer your question, please mark this post as a solution. Thanks!

How to integrate M-code into your solution -- How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data -- Check out more PBI- learning resources here -- Performance Tipps for M-queries

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Anonymous
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‎01-01-2019 12:22 PM

That works beautifully! Thank you so much for helping.

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