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vanquisher11
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Sub-category columns Excel

Hi All,

 

I am trying to create a report from an excel file but my file data is set-up such that the column has a sub category. e.g

 

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I have this as an excel format, how do I subcategorize the column in PowerBI?

 

Many thanks,

 

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

I solved a similar problem here - Rearrange a multi heading dataset into a single heading one which is Pivot ready.

 

Hope this helps.


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

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

I solved a similar problem here - Rearrange a multi heading dataset into a single heading one which is Pivot ready.

 

Hope this helps.


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

Hi,

 

Thank you! This is very helpful. Just not sure if how this will work on extremely massive data set.

 

Many thanks,

 

Matt

Hi @vanquisher11

 

Have you resolved the issue? please mark the helpful reply as answer, and welcome to share your own solution. More people will benefit from here.

 

Regards,

Cherie

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hi,

 

You are welcome.  Please try it and let me know how it works.


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

What do you want your data to look like?

Hi HotChili,

 

I want my data to be something drillable in the columns section. So basically drill per country and then per city.

 

Many thanks,

 

Matt

Hi @vanquisher11

 

If your data looks like the same as below data table, you may use Matrix visual to get the visual as below. If not, you may try to use 'Pivot column' to adjust the table like below data table, then you'll get the matrix visual. 

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Regards,

Cherie

 

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

@vanquisher11 read this post to get the anser quickly.

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

 



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