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islandtime
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Transform an excel table with nested data

Hi all,   I have a table which consists of inspection event details, and some inspections include nested information (actions raised during the inspections). Is there are way that I can clean this ...
  • MarcelBeug's avatar
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    It would help if you also explain what the result should look like.

     

    I assumed it shoud be something like this, with left MasterTable and right ActionTable (just a few rows):

     

     

    Queries (you can copy and paste in the Advanced Query edtor, accessible via "Edit Query"):

    Both queries are generated using standard menu options in the Query Editor.

     

    MasterTable:

    let
        Source = Table1,
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Table1, each ([ID] <> null))
    in
        #"Filtered Rows"

    ActionTable:

     

    let
        Source = Table1,
        #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(Source,{"ID"}),
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([Method] = null)),
        #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{{"Site", "ActionID"}, {"Type", "Action Taken"}}),
        #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Renamed Columns", each ([ActionID] <> "ID")),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows1",{"Method", "Event Date"})
    in
        #"Removed Columns"