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LouStagner
9 years agoFrequent Visitor
Transformation conundrum!
I have a Power Query transformation I am trying to do that I am stuck on. I have 2 pictures below showing what the data currently looks like and an after picture that shows what I need to turn it in...
- 9 years ago
Please follow this sequence and let me know if work for you:
Vvelarde
9 years agoCommunity Champion
Please follow this sequence and let me know if work for you:
- Anonymous9 years agoNot applicable
The no-code steps from Vvelarde have a smarter merge than mine. Here's my query again (inc. comments) to include his approach which uses only query/table:
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
//Split out the first four rows as the FIRST table #"Kept First Rows" = Table.FirstN(Source,4),
//Just keep the first (identical) column #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Kept First Rows",{"Column1"}),
//Turn the column into a row #"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Removed Other Columns"),
//Add the key column for later join #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Transposed Table", "Column5", each 1),
//Rename columns #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Column1", "Period"}, {"Column2", "Year"}, {"Column3", "Division #"}, {"Column4", "Division Name"}}),
// Now create the SECOND table by removing the first four rows from Source #"Removed Top Rows" = Table.Skip(Source,4),
//Promote the column headers #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Removed Top Rows"),
//Add the key column #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Promoted Headers", "Column5", each 1),
//Join the two tables on the newly added key column #"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Added Custom1",{"Column5"},#"Renamed Columns",{"Column5"},"NewColumn",JoinKind.FullOuter),
//Expand out the contents of the joined columns #"Expanded NewColumn" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "NewColumn", {"Period", "Year", "Division #", "Division Name"}, {"Period", "Year", "Division #", "Division Name"}),
//Tidy by removing the join column #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded NewColumn",{"Column5"}) in #"Removed Columns" - LouStagner9 years agoFrequent Visitor
This worked perfectly victor! Thank you.
Thanks to everyone else for their input.
The conundrum however continues as there is a folder full of files in this format that I need to mash up together.