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Transform Column1 to ColumnHeaders
- 1 year ago
Hi Anonymous
I have taken only column1 and column 2 in my excel file:
Here is the M query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("File_Name.xlsx"), null, true),
Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type any}}),
#"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Group", each if [Column1] = "Full Name" then [Column2] else null),
#"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Conditional Column",{"Group"}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Filled Down", List.Distinct(#"Filled Down"[Column1]), "Column1", "Column2"),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Group"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
This should give you the desired result: - 1 year ago
Here is a simple 5 mins solution to your problem in 2 different ways
How to fix the "Too many elements in the enumeration to complete..." pivot error in Power Query
Was able to get the expected output here
Ritesh
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- 1 year ago
Hi Anonymous
Try this:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("rZDBasMwDIZfRfgcWFJa2DW066Frt7HmFnLQMoWGObKxlYHffo5hpKPtDmPgg9H3+xef61ptR63hCQdSmSrfMCBncED3oZqsVlUvegLPlhxKb9hD6b0k9jBYbcJALDGwNiwOWxlRJ7g3yPBKmtATbFCmkqK4W8STL5ZzpBzMmAqWeZ7P4yrY6cURNboA02hmL6Ozxiccd4MYsOjizafIuc4GW2QMGeyo6xyFH0qPvbQnYjgKdt2lUOqp+tjzm87qlk5xTWeN/gTl+ydyS9d8Lvi5zFYbRz66fH/Gv4rc3xJZ/cGD40rVNF8=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}}), #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Changed Type", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "GroupMarker", each if [Column1] = "Full Name" then [Index] else null), #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Custom",{"GroupMarker"}), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filled Down",{"Index"}), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Removed Columns", {"GroupMarker"}, {{"Grouped", each _, type table [Column1=nullable text, Column2=nullable text, GroupMarker=number]}}), #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Pivoted", each Table.Pivot([Grouped], List.Distinct([Grouped][Column1]), "Column1", "Column2")), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom1",{"GroupMarker", "Grouped"}), #"Expanded Pivoted" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns1", "Pivoted", {"Full Name", "Title", "Employment", "Loan Release Date", "Loan Amount", "Loan Type", "Loan Purpose"}, {"Full Name", "Title", "Employment", "Loan Release Date", "Loan Amount", "Loan Type", "Loan Purpose"}) in #"Expanded Pivoted"
Hi,
I am not sure what is the source format of this data. For example, does it has two seperate columns or both column1& Column2 are part of one column?
So I have done the transformation assuming both column 1 and column 2 are two seperate columns and saved in excel.
| Column1 | Column2 |
| Full Name | Abayan, Mark |
| Loan Release Date | 11/21/2024 |
| Loan Amount | 4000 |
| Loan Type | Salary Loan |
| Loan Purpose | Sent to parents |
| Full Name | Dacanay, Jeffrey |
| Loan Release Date | 11/25/2024 |
| Loan Amount | 1000 |
| Loan Type | Cash Advance |
| Loan Purpose | Cash Advance |
| Full Name | Flores, Joan |
| Loan Release Date | 11/28/2024 |
| Loan Amount | 500 |
| Loan Type | Cash Advance |
| Loan Purpose | null |
The below are the transformation steps in Power Query:
Step1: Create a conditional column call it as 'Group' and include the below
If [Column1] = "Full Name" then [Column2] else null
In this way, we are trying to break the group of rows based on Full Name
Ste2: Filldown the 'Group' column
Step3: Pivot colum1 and select the column2 as values
Step4: Remove the Group Column
Here is the M query:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("File_Path.xlsx"), null, true),
Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type any}}),
#"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Group", each if [Column1] = "Full Name" then [Column2] else null),
#"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Added Conditional Column",{"Group"}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Filled Down", List.Distinct(#"Filled Down"[Column1]), "Column1", "Column2"),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Group"})
in
#"Removed Columns"