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JS
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8 years ago
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Transforming data with all timeframe in a column

Hello all. 

 

I have a raw data below and require certain transofmation and any advise/solution will be helpful. 

 

I have a column name Quartely Breakdown and it contains information as shown below. 

 

IDQuarterly Breakdown
12018Q1: 5000
22018Q2: 2500; 2018Q3: 2400
32018Q1: 4000; 2018Q2: 4000; 2018Q3: 4000; 2018Q4: 5000

 

I wish to obtain a desired results below. 

 

IDPeriodAmount
12018 Q15000
22018 Q22500
22018 Q32400
32018 Q14000
32018 Q24000
32019 Q34000
32019 Q45000

 

I have tried unpivoting and pivoting the columns but still could not get the desired results. Thanks in Advance! 

 

JS

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  • v-jianhe-msft's avatar
    v-jianhe-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    To achieve it, you could first split the column based on the delimiter “semicolon”, noted in “Advanced options”, select “rows”.

    By doing this, the column will become

    Then split the column again. This time only need to set delimiter as “Colon”:

    And the final result is like:

    BR,

    Henry

     

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  • v-jianhe-msft's avatar
    v-jianhe-msft
    Icon for Resolver II rankResolver II
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    To achieve it, you could first split the column based on the delimiter “semicolon”, noted in “Advanced options”, select “rows”.

    By doing this, the column will become

    Then split the column again. This time only need to set delimiter as “Colon”:

    And the final result is like:

    BR,

    Henry