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iamprajot
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Unable to transform this simple data into the below Layout.

Hi all
I am unable to achive this simple data transformation. Please help asap.

Link to the Data folder (Data.xlsx & Data.pbix).

 

I want to change the layout of Table A to Table B as shown below.

Basically I want to move Item 1 and D into rows before Dimention and for same should go for the following data (Item 2...3...4) to APPEND below as shown in Table B.

 

Table A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

Serial

Province

City

Store Code

Coverage

Height

Dimension

Qty

Area

Coverage Calculation

Material

Subtotal

Dimension

Qty

Area

Coverage Calculation

Material

Subtotal

1

Quebec

Témiscamingue

2715

 

 

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.616345

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.977544

2

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton

2732

 

 

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.616345

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.977544

3

British Columbia

Fraser-Fort George

2767

 

 

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.616345

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.977544

4

Ontario

Algoma

2765

 

 

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.616345

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.977544

5

New Brunswick

Northumberland

2761

 

 

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.616345

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.977544

 

Table B

 

Serial

Province

City

Store Code

Coverage

Height

COLUMN A

COLUMN B

Dimension

Qty

Area

Coverage Calculation

Material

Subtotal

1

Quebec

Témiscamingue

2715

 

 

Item 1

C

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.6163452

2

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton

2732

 

 

Item 1

C

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.6163452

3

British Columbia

Fraser-Fort George

2767

 

 

Item 1

C

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.6163452

4

Ontario

Algoma

2765

 

 

Item 1

C

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.6163452

5

New Brunswick

Northumberland

2761

 

 

Item 1

C

0.174*0.614

6

0.106836

0.641016

Paper

9.6163452

1

Quebec

Témiscamingue

2715

 

 

Item 2

D

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.9775438

2

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton

2732

 

 

Item 2

D

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.9775438

3

British Columbia

Fraser-Fort George

2767

 

 

Item 2

D

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.9775438

4

Ontario

Algoma

2765

 

 

Item 2

D

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.9775438

5

New Brunswick

Northumberland

2761

 

 

Item 2

D

0.21*0.297

1

0.06237

0.06237

Paper

2.9775438

 

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Anonymous
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HI @iamprajot ,

You can take a look at following pbix file to get transformed table formula.

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\xiaoxish\Downloads\Data.xlsx"), null, true),
    Data_Sheet = Source{[Item="Data",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"Removed Columns"=Table.RemoveColumns(Table.FillDown(Table.Transpose(Table.SelectColumns(Data_Sheet,{"Column7", "Column8", "Column9", "Column10", "Column11", "Column12", "Column13", "Column14", "Column15", "Column16", "Column17", "Column18"})),{"Column1"}),{"Column2"}),
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.RemoveFirstN(Table.SelectColumns(Data_Sheet,{"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6"}),2)),"Custom",each Table.ExpandTableColumn(Table.Group(#"Removed Columns", {"Column1"}, {{"Count", each Table.Distinct(Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.Transpose(Table.RemoveColumns(_,"Column1")))), type table }}), "Count", {"Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"}, {"Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"})),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Custom1, "Custom", {"Column1", "Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"}, {"Column1", "Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"})
in
    #"Expanded Custom"

Notice: it is hard complex to use power query functions to format pivot table, if you can please do these on excel worksheet side. (It should more simple to do)

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @iamprajot ,

You can take a look at following pbix file to get transformed table formula.

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\xiaoxish\Downloads\Data.xlsx"), null, true),
    Data_Sheet = Source{[Item="Data",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"Removed Columns"=Table.RemoveColumns(Table.FillDown(Table.Transpose(Table.SelectColumns(Data_Sheet,{"Column7", "Column8", "Column9", "Column10", "Column11", "Column12", "Column13", "Column14", "Column15", "Column16", "Column17", "Column18"})),{"Column1"}),{"Column2"}),
    Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.RemoveFirstN(Table.SelectColumns(Data_Sheet,{"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6"}),2)),"Custom",each Table.ExpandTableColumn(Table.Group(#"Removed Columns", {"Column1"}, {{"Count", each Table.Distinct(Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.Transpose(Table.RemoveColumns(_,"Column1")))), type table }}), "Count", {"Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"}, {"Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"})),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Custom1, "Custom", {"Column1", "Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"}, {"Column1", "Dimension", "Qty", "Area", "Coverage Calculation", "Material", "Subtotal"})
in
    #"Expanded Custom"

Notice: it is hard complex to use power query functions to format pivot table, if you can please do these on excel worksheet side. (It should more simple to do)

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

I sent the file with 2 Item categories but I have 100 of them.
Can you also help in what I should change it to expand it for those many.
And the requirement is to do this in PBI and client don't want it in excel.

I managed to do it for rest of the 100 categories and to be exact all the data was in chinese so it took me long enough to finish but thanks again for helping me.

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