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9 years ago
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Working with survey multi-answer questions

I have finally taken the plunge and decided to use PowerBI for analysing my survey data, instead of the specialised survey analysis software.   All is very straightforward, except when dealing with...
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    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    It seems that the Unpivot option may be the best solution in this case.


    This would work if these were the only data I had in the table, but I have another 30 variables or so, some of which are multi-answers like the one I described. If I unpivot all of them, the table becomes a mess and it's impossible to make any sensible calculations with the other variables.


    Is it possible for you to duplicate the table, remove unnecessary columns, then unpivot the duplicated table in Query Editor? By this way, you should be able to create a new table with multi questions which is similar to create a calculate table using DAX.:smileylol:

     

    Regards