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Bjuu
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Split multiple Columns into multiple rows

Hello everybody,

does anybody knows how to achieve this in PowerQuery?image.png

 

It would be awsome if somebody could help.

 

Regards

 

Bjuu

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Anonymous
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I used this Power Query code to solve a similar problem during a pdf extraction.

FunctionReplace#lf.pbix

Greetings.

v-frfei-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Bjuu,

 

Based on my test, we can use the Fill down function in query editor.

 

1. Enter the data in excel and import data from the excel file.
2. Use the fill down function as below, then we can get the result as we need.

 

1.png

 

Here is the code in the advanced editor.

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("filepath\123.xlsx"), null, true),
    Sheet2_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet2",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet2_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Contract", type text}, {"Type1", type text}, {"Costtype1", type text}, {"Cost1", Int64.Type}, {"Costtype2", type text}, {"Cost2", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Changed Type",{"ID", "Contract", "Type1"})
in
    #"Filled Down"


Regards,
Frank

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Hi Frank,

thanks for your reply.

Your solution would be perfect if each cell in Excel-Source wouldn't include a #(lf). That's the Problem i'm dealing with. I can split columns only one column at a time and that causes the issue, that the generated rows include duplicates of the other rows. Hope you understand what i mean.

 

Regards,

 

Bjuu 

Hi @Bjuu,

 

Sorry, I cannot get you, could you please share your excel to me?

 

Regards,

Frank

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.

Hi Frank, i read the Excel wrong and you're absolutely right. Sorry for my late response.

 

Regards

 

Bjuu

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