Showing the values in a list column in a report

[sophtee]

Hello everyone,

I am creating a report in Power BI using a SharePoint list. When I upload the data there are some columns that are list columns. how to show the data in that column in the report?

[christinepayton]

You can expand the list values in Power Query ("transform data" button) with the arrow icon by the column header. Just make sure that if they are multivalue they don't lead to row duplication for anything you're - you can put them into a separate query and relate them to avoid that. I did a tutorial on the nitty gritty of using SharePoint lists as a source in Power BI if you'd like a link - it goes over how to expand the values, make clickable links to the SP item, work with "people" data, etc. 

[Bipin-Lala · Accepted solution]

Hi @sophtee,

You would need to transform the list columns in Query Editor to be able to extract useful data from them. Open the query editor and click on the expand icon on the column.

You would see 2 options

• Expand to new rows - Will create a new row for each list value
• Extract Values - Create a list of text values separated with some delimiter.

Depending upon your requirements, choose the suitable option. Voila! You should have the required data ready to analyze and work with.