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Anonymous
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Unpivot columns that start with letter m

Hi, 

Hope somebody can help me. I tried to search in google and that forum, but I couldn´t find and answer or solve my problem.  I have  multiple columns that sarted with letter "m*", and the database that I retrieve, could change along time. So, I need to unpivot the columns that started with letter m instead of doing manually. 

Hope you  Understand my explanation.

 

Thanks.

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Zubair_Muhammad
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

I created a small example.

Please see attached File's Query Editor

 

First we determine the columns to pivot

Then we can use this list in Table.Unpivot function

 

 ColumnsToPivot = List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type"),each Text.StartsWith(_,"m")),
    #"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.Unpivot(#"Changed Type", ColumnsToPivot, "Attribute", "Value")

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Zubair_Muhammad
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Anonymous 

 

I created a small example.

Please see attached File's Query Editor

 

First we determine the columns to pivot

Then we can use this list in Table.Unpivot function

 

 ColumnsToPivot = List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type"),each Text.StartsWith(_,"m")),
    #"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.Unpivot(#"Changed Type", ColumnsToPivot, "Attribute", "Value")
Anonymous
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Thanks a lot for the quickly answer and for the solution!! 

 

Thanks for the attachment too. I´m saving it like a treasure! 

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