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Hello,
I have a excel table that looks like this (simplified):
How can I transform it so it looks like this in Power BI:
Thanks in advance!
Solved! Go to Solution.
Maybe this article can be insightful: Working With Multiple Row Headers From Excel in Power Query — ehansalytics
Regards,
Marcel Magalhães
Microsoft Power BI Official Partner
MCT | Certified PL-300 Power BI
Hey @wdvro !
In Power Query Editor you can choose the Unpivot Column function (Unpivot columns - Power Query | Microsoft Learn).
If this post helps, please mark as solved.
Regards,
Marcel
Regards,
Marcel Magalhães
Microsoft Power BI Official Partner
MCT | Certified PL-300 Power BI
Hey @marcelsmaglhaes , thanks for the reply.
I'm aware of this function. However, I am struggling with the fact that when loading into Power BI, my column titles are on both the 1st (gender, education, age) and 2nd rows (male, female, other, low, medium, high, 0-20, 20-40, 40-60).
Maybe this article can be insightful: Working With Multiple Row Headers From Excel in Power Query — ehansalytics
Regards,
Marcel Magalhães
Microsoft Power BI Official Partner
MCT | Certified PL-300 Power BI
That was the article I was looking for! Thanks!
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