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Hello Everyone,
I need to add a column "Total Time" as running total for the "Time" column until the next Item change. I think I can do this with List.Accummulate but I'm not sure how to use this function.
Appreciate if someone in this forum can help me. Thank you very much.
| Item | STAGE | TIME | TOTAL TIME |
| CX229 | A | 5 | 5 |
| CX229 | B | 10 | 15 |
| CX229 | C | 15 | 30 |
| DA051 | A | 7 | 7 |
| DA051 | B | 8 | 15 |
| DA051 | D | 3 | 18 |
| DA051 | E | 6 | 24 |
| DA214 | B | 9 | 9 |
| DA214 | C | 15 | 24 |
| DA214 | G | 5 | 29 |
| DA214 | H | 3 | 32 |
Solved! Go to Solution.
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
data = List.Buffer(Table.ToRows(Source)),
gen = List.Generate(
() => [i = 0, item = data{0}{0}, total = data{0}{2}],
(x) => x[i] < List.Count(data),
(x) => [i = x[i] + 1, item = data{i}{0}, total = data{i}{2} + x[total] * Number.From(item = x[item])],
(x) => data{x[i]} & {x[total]}
),
tbl = Table.FromRows(gen, Table.ColumnNames(Source) & {"TOTAL TIME"})
in
tbl
Hi @Emily_Kim Go to power query and add a index column. See image below:
Go to home tab and click advance edition and add the below marked line. Using List.Sum and List.FirstN function you can acheive your desired result. See image below:
You will get your desired output. See image below:
Now you can remove index column and change type of running total.
Hope this helps!!
If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution!!
Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz
Check this one step code:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table5"]}[Content],
X = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 1, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(X, "Custom", each List.Sum(Table.SelectRows(X, (a)=> a[Index]<=[Index] and a[Item]=[Item])[TIME]))
in
#"Added Custom"
Check this one step code:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table5"]}[Content],
X = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 1, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(X, "Custom", each List.Sum(Table.SelectRows(X, (a)=> a[Index]<=[Index] and a[Item]=[Item])[TIME]))
in
#"Added Custom"
Hi @Emily_Kim Go to power query and add a index column. See image below:
Go to home tab and click advance edition and add the below marked line. Using List.Sum and List.FirstN function you can acheive your desired result. See image below:
You will get your desired output. See image below:
Now you can remove index column and change type of running total.
Hope this helps!!
If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution!!
Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
data = List.Buffer(Table.ToRows(Source)),
gen = List.Generate(
() => [i = 0, item = data{0}{0}, total = data{0}{2}],
(x) => x[i] < List.Count(data),
(x) => [i = x[i] + 1, item = data{i}{0}, total = data{i}{2} + x[total] * Number.From(item = x[item])],
(x) => data{x[i]} & {x[total]}
),
tbl = Table.FromRows(gen, Table.ColumnNames(Source) & {"TOTAL TIME"})
in
tbl
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