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Specific rows to column
- 3 years ago
OK, full Advanced Editor Code here:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("jZBBDsIgEEWvQlj3Ei2sXZkY03QxoZBMbJkGiBpPL3ShSARd8Yfk8YY/jnzWG7iwahtYzzu+kceAZPfB6ZWCjgEtI2NQfeapq+NDjrP30GJE1ZSeKMgkWEhBIn3MB31jZ3KXGE/oVbxEW+N+f7KNDX9jothSwIKGnEXYV77CDDXsZZO5Leu0YGShOuo7pLN3+CD7VSPLLhrtT08=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"department A" = _t, locations = _t, #"New York" = _t, Washington = _t, Arizona = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"department A", type text}, {"locations", type text}, {"New York", type text}, {"Washington", type text}, {"Arizona", type text}}), #"Demoted Headers" = Table.DemoteHeaders(#"Changed Type"), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Demoted Headers", {"Column1"}, {{"all", each _, type table [Column2=nullable text, Column3=nullable text, Column4=nullable text, Column5=nullable text]}}), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom1", each Table.PromoteHeaders([all])), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"all"}), #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Custom2", each Table.RemoveColumns([Custom1], Table.ColumnNames ([Custom1]) {0} )), #"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom2",{"Custom1"}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Columns2", "Custom", each Table.UnpivotOtherColumns([Custom2], {"locations"}, "Attribute", "Value")), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom2"}), #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom", {"locations", "Attribute", "Value"}, {"Custom.locations", "Custom.Attribute", "Custom.Value"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded Custom",{{"Column1", type text}, {"Custom.locations", type text}, {"Custom.Attribute", type text}, {"Custom.Value", type text}}), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each ([Custom.Value] <> " ")), #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Filtered Rows",{{"Column1", Order.Ascending}, {"Custom.Attribute", Order.Ascending}, {"Custom.locations", Order.Ascending}}) in #"Sorted Rows"Some of these steps could possibly be neatened up but sometimes it's easier to add a column at each stage so that I can compare it to the previous stage easily. Then I remove the old column and move on.
The algorithm is basically :
Group the table by department and create a mini-table on each row.
Within each row, do some tidying to make all mini-tables have the same column names.
and Unpivot the Geographic column names.
Expand the mini-tables.
Remove the rows with blank values.
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See how you get on with your test data and then try the full set.
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I think there is a mistake in the provided desired table :
department A New York position B in office ---
let me know how you get on.
Can we rely on there being 11 columns maximum?
So we could make 3 queries from this one -
1st one -> Columns 1,2,3,4,5
2nd one -> Columns 1,2,6,7,8
3rd one -> Columns 1,2,9,10,11
We can do this manually in the first instance.
Rename the Columns to be 1,2,3,4,5 in each query then Append all 3 tables together.
Then a bit of manipulation to get the final result.
Let me know if that is a good plan.
- Anonymous3 years agoNot applicable
Thank you so much for all of your help with this!
I have 2 tables that are similarly structured, one with 32 columns total & the other is 17 columns. The only difference would be the 17-column cable would result in 5 columns, and the 32-column table results in 7