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kassymov_su
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Add subtotal Rows

Hi All,

 

I have a data with more than 2k activities in and with a column [Code for Area]. I need to group them by [Code for Area] and add a subtotal rows at the beginning of each group with Gruop Name. For example add subtotal row for code Civil-A1 and name it as "Civil works at area A1".  If i use add.rows then i Need to incert exact line but sometime we add a rows and extend the table so it won't work. What is the best practis to do that. Also when creating a subtotal row is there a way to sum up the volues of the gruop, I need rows before each group with gourp name and sum of volues (please see the example image below). The source table is very big and complex to make it manually

 

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wdx223_Daniel
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NewStep=Table.Combine(Table.Group(PreviousStepName,"Code for Area",{"n",each #table(Table.ColumnNames(_),{{Text.Replace([Code for Area]{0},"-"," Works at Area "),null,List.Sum([Volumes])}})&_)})[n])

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Anonymous
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Hi @kassymov_su ,

 

Could you tell me if @wdx223_Daniel 's suggestion helps you ? If it is, kindly Accept it as the solution. More people will benefit from it.

 

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin

Anonymous
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Hi @kassymov_su ,

 

Actually in Power BI Desktop or Power Query,  there is no direct way like a button to add a column to add rows to table .

Usually we will Transpose the table -->Add columns --> Transpose again to indirectly add rows, or use M function——  Table.InsertRows()  which is not easy.

 

So I think the method provided by @wdx223_Daniel to add columns and show them in Matrix visual is the most efficient.

 

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin

wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

NewStep=Table.Combine(Table.Group(PreviousStepName,"Code for Area",{"n",each #table(Table.ColumnNames(_),{{Text.Replace([Code for Area]{0},"-"," Works at Area "),null,List.Sum([Volumes])}})&_)})[n])

PijushRoy
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Super User

Hi,

Create Conditional Column in Power Query (find steps)
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("bY5BD4IwDIX/yrIzJkBAwtEQNJ71RjiUOc1i15ltEP33FuFi9Na+973Xdp1szGRws8tkItunggmiccRLlqayT778kzMoNA1Ad0uaIkv5SrWoVfROwYo2MKB+jIiGbiJ6oHB13mrPVlFu/0YOCHRhnMeyyD/IkUL0o138s+aAs0LN1cIt3azXVfUL743XYofgrQivELWdD9f8a/8G", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Code for Area" = _t, Activities = _t, Volumes = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Code for Area", type text}, {"Activities", type text}, {"Volumes", Int64.Type}}),
#"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Group/Category", each if [Code for Area] = "Civil-A1" then "Civil Work at Area 1" else if [Code for Area] = "Electrocal-A1" then "Electrical Work at Area 1" else if [Code for Area] = "Instrum-A1" then "Instrument Work at Area 1" else null)
in
#"Added Conditional Column"

Or create Calculated Column in DAX

Group/Category = SWITCH(TRUE(),
Data[Code for Area]="Civil-A1","Civil Work at Area 1",
Data[Code for Area]="Electrocal-A1","Electrocal Work at Area 1",
Data[Code for Area]="Instrum-A1","Instrument Work at Area 1")
Create Matrix table in Power bi
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Thanks for the answer Roy,

 

But your solution in query is just to add a column. What I need is to add a row before each group

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