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Anonymous
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Split two related colon separated columns into rows

how would I go about splitting these 2 columns into rows and keeping the relation intact

 

the relation being the order that they appear are linked to each other

 

 

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Hi,

@Anonymous has solved a similar problem here.  He should be able to help you with this one as well.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous 

 

You may refer to the code below.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSrROsk5W0lEytDayNlaK1YlWSrFOBfJNrE2VYmMB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Table.FromColumns({Text.Split([Column1], ";"),Text.Split([Column2], ";")})),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom", {"Column1", "Column2"}, {"Custom.Column1", "Custom.Column2"})
in
    #"Expanded Custom"

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @v-chuncz-msft 

@Ashish_Mathur 

 

Could you please show me how to apply it to the following file which contains the dataset.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArcejqUhGxP2iW_UKWT-6z3gRGGx

 

 

Thanks,

Ryan

Hi,

@Anonymous has solved a similar problem here.  He should be able to help you with this one as well.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Ashish_Mathur
Super User
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Hi,

Share the link from where I can download your PBI file.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Anonymous
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Hi Ashish

 

You can download the data here https://pastebin.com/E2RfFPzC

Hi,

I do not know what to paste from there.  Please share data in 2 columns of an MS Excel file.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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