Unpivot Table

[abukapsoun]

Hi,

I have a bit of strange request not sure if it is possible but I am giving it a try. 

I have the following table,

 

Is there a way I can duplicate the row, and put technology-2 under technology-1, product-2 under product-1? 

In other way, can I have a single column for " Product", "Technology" and "Skill" and populating tech-1 and tech-2 under it?

So in that case, each single row will have two rows. 

thanks,

[MarcelBeug]

It is not such a strange request; I have seeen such requests before.

I assume you have other columns in your table as well, so I added a "Name" column that represents all those columns.

Steps:

• Select all columns that are not displayed in your picture
• Choose Transform - Unpivot - Other Columns
• Select column "Attribute"
• Choose Transform - Extract - Text Before Delimiter - Delimiter "-", the last delimiter from the end
• Choose Add Column - Add Index Column
• Select column "Index"
• Choose Transform - Standard - Integer-Divide, value 3
• Select column "Attribute"
• Choose Transform - Pivot Column - Values column "Value" - advanced option Don't Aggregate
• Remove column Index

Generated code:

let
    Source = Table1,
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Extracted Text Before Delimiter" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", {{"Attribute", each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, "-", {0, RelativePosition.FromEnd}), type text}}),
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Extracted Text Before Delimiter", "Index", 0, 1),
    #"Integer-Divided Column" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Index", {{"Index", each Number.IntegerDivide(_, 3), Int64.Type}}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Integer-Divided Column", List.Distinct(#"Integer-Divided Column"[Attribute]), "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Index"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

[abukapsoun]

@MarcelBeug

Thank you very much Marcel for this interesting walkthrough, I have applied the steps but I feel there is something not correct with the alignment.

If I am not mistaken, I haven't seen we have used the index and index/3 columns in the step that follow..

Here is the generated code. 

Thank you again,

[abukapsoun]

@MarcelBeug

Hi Marcel, 

Sorry for bothering again, but were you able to have a look at the below? 

Thanks again

[MarcelBeug]

Apologies for the late reaction.

You made one mistake: you added a column with the Integer-Divide, you should have Integer-Divided the Index column on the "Transform Column" tab, thus transforming the Index column in the Integer-Divided column.

If you corect that, it should be OK.

[MarcelBeug]

On second thought, it may not work as I think you have null values.

An alternative approach is to unpivot the other columns and split the Attribute column on "-".

Then you can pivot back on column "Attribute,1"  and remove "Attribute,2" afterwards,

let
    Source = Table1,
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("-", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Attribute.1", "Attribute.2"}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Attribute.1", type text}, {"Attribute.2", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Changed Type", List.Distinct(#"Changed Type"[Attribute.1]), "Attribute.1", "Value"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Attribute.2"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"