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Anonymous
8 years agoNot applicable
Split comma delimited cell into multiple rows, keeping row details
Hi all, I'm looking to write a piece of DAX or do something within the PBi Edit Query function which would transform something like the first example below into something like the second - does a...
- Anonymous8 years ago
Yes it should work I have included some screenshots showing as much. I have also included the Power Query Code if you want to replicate the example. Just create a blank query then paste it into the advanced editor within the query editor and it will replicate the table and all the steps.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VY89C8IwEIb/S+ZAkkvSj7HaYAd1aAWH0kGhQ1FoQf8/vhfTQocH7k3y5O76XlRCCgMu83N6jyi0Udoq0ibnkCldcCgRumBkFwhY4IAXg+zFAXcEzo/lOy9sOaU9WxkHSv8VCE1Fsqk8yKN6xJndqV7pclMxilnVcM2iUqN2u4HRgPiVSwqtfnsq5K0to8Z7elCPn9e/lTVpyjyFbcrujkUjVgzDDw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Company = _t, ID = _t, Product = _t, Start = _t, End = _t, Location = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Company", type text}, {"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Product", type text}, {"Start", type date}, {"End", type date}, {"Location", type text}}), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Changed Type", "Location", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Location.1", "Location.2", "Location.3", "Location.4", "Location.5"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Location.1", type text}, {"Location.2", type text}, {"Location.3", type text}, {"Location.4", type text}, {"Location.5", type text}}), #"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type1", {"Company", "ID", "Product", "Start", "End"}, "Attribute", "Value"), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Unpivoted Columns",{"Attribute"}) in #"Removed Columns"
msschmidt
8 years agoRegular Visitor
You can also do this without having to write any code. Just select the column with the data you want to split (Locations, in your example), then go to the Transform tab, click the drop-down arrow on the Split Column button. Select the option to Split Column by Delimiter then select your delimeter,click the arrow to expand the "Advanced options", and then select Rows.
Anonymous
2 years agoNot applicable
how do I do this without powerquery