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Hi there everyone, I'm bringing in monthly spreadsheets from a folder into Power BI. Each monthly table looks like the 2 tables below: I can't get the April dates as they are being renamed to...
Hi BICrazy ,
The issue comes from your #"Changed Type" step where you are hardcoding all those column names ({"3/1/2021", type any}, {"3/1/2021_1", type any}, {"3/1/2021_2", type any}...).
Below the same query without them:
let Source = Excel.Workbook(Parameter1, null, true), Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Campaign", type text}, {"Status", type text}, {"General Manager", type text}, {"Junior Manager", type text}, {"Employee Number", Int64.Type}, {"Agent Name", type text}}), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Campaign] <> null)), #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Filtered Rows", {"Campaign", "Status", "General Manager", "Junior Manager", "Employee Number", "Agent Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"), #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Attribute.1", "Attribute.2"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Attribute.1", type date}, {"Attribute.2", Int64.Type}}), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type1",{"Attribute.2"}), #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type), #"Inserted Modulo" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Modulo", each Number.Mod([Index], 3), type number), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Modulo", "Product Type", each if [Modulo] = 0 then "Package" else if [Modulo] = 1 then "Premium" else if [Modulo] = 2 then "Unlimited" else null), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Attribute.1", "Date"}, {"Value", "Packages"}}) in #"Renamed Columns"
Hi Payeras,
Definitely using the Table.UnpivotOtherColumns. Below is the advanced editor code. Appreciate the help.
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(Parameter1, null, true),
Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Campaign", type text}, {"Status", type text}, {"General Manager", type text}, {"Junior Manager", type text}, {"Employee Number", Int64.Type}, {"Agent Name", type text}, {"3/1/2021", type any}, {"3/1/2021_1", type any}, {"3/1/2021_2", type any}, {"3/2/2021", type any}, {"3/2/2021_3", type any}, {"3/2/2021_4", type any}, {"3/3/2021", type any}, {"3/3/2021_5", type any}, {"3/3/2021_6", type any}, {"3/4/2021", type any}, {"3/4/2021_7", type any}, {"3/4/2021_8", type any}, {"3/5/2021", type any}, {"3/5/2021_9", type any}, {"3/5/2021_10", type any}, {"3/8/2021", type any}, {"3/8/2021_11", type any}, {"3/8/2021_12", type any}, {"3/9/2021", type any}, {"3/9/2021_13", type any}, {"3/9/2021_14", type any}, {"3/10/2021", type any}, {"3/10/2021_15", type any}, {"3/10/2021_16", type any}, {"3/11/2021", type any}, {"3/11/2021_17", type any}, {"3/11/2021_18", type any}, {"3/12/2021", type any}, {"3/12/2021_19", type any}, {"3/12/2021_20", type any}, {"3/15/2021", type any}, {"3/15/2021_21", type any}, {"3/15/2021_22", type any}, {"3/16/2021", type any}, {"3/16/2021_23", type any}, {"3/16/2021_24", type any}, {"3/17/2021", type any}, {"3/17/2021_25", type any}, {"3/17/2021_26", type any}, {"3/18/2021", type any}, {"3/18/2021_27", type any}, {"3/18/2021_28", type any}, {"3/19/2021", type any}, {"3/19/2021_29", type any}, {"3/19/2021_30", type any}, {"3/23/2021", type any}, {"3/23/2021_31", type any}, {"3/23/2021_32", type any}, {"3/24/2021", type any}, {"3/24/2021_33", type any}, {"3/24/2021_34", type any}, {"3/25/2021", type any}, {"3/25/2021_35", type any}, {"3/25/2021_36", type any}, {"3/26/2021", type any}, {"3/26/2021_37", type any}, {"3/26/2021_38", type any}, {"3/29/2021", type any}, {"3/29/2021_39", type any}, {"3/29/2021_40", type any}, {"3/30/2021", type any}, {"3/30/2021_41", type any}, {"3/30/2021_42", type any}, {"3/31/2021", type any}, {"3/31/2021_43", type any}, {"3/31/2021_44", type any}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Campaign] <> null)),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Filtered Rows", {"Campaign", "Status", "General Manager", "Junior Manager", "Employee Number", "Agent Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Attribute.1", "Attribute.2"}),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Attribute.1", type date}, {"Attribute.2", Int64.Type}}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type1",{"Attribute.2"}),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Inserted Modulo" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Modulo", each Number.Mod([Index], 3), type number),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Modulo", "Product Type", each if [Modulo] = 0 then "Package"
else if [Modulo] = 1 then "Premium"
else if [Modulo] = 2 then "Unlimited"
else null),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Attribute.1", "Date"}, {"Value", "Packages"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Regards
Rakesh
Hi BICrazy ,
The issue comes from your #"Changed Type" step where you are hardcoding all those column names ({"3/1/2021", type any}, {"3/1/2021_1", type any}, {"3/1/2021_2", type any}...).
Below the same query without them:
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(Parameter1, null, true),
Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Campaign", type text}, {"Status", type text}, {"General Manager", type text}, {"Junior Manager", type text}, {"Employee Number", Int64.Type}, {"Agent Name", type text}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Campaign] <> null)),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Filtered Rows", {"Campaign", "Status", "General Manager", "Junior Manager", "Employee Number", "Agent Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Attribute", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Attribute.1", "Attribute.2"}),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Attribute.1", type date}, {"Attribute.2", Int64.Type}}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type1",{"Attribute.2"}),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Inserted Modulo" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Modulo", each Number.Mod([Index], 3), type number),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Modulo", "Product Type", each if [Modulo] = 0 then "Package"
else if [Modulo] = 1 then "Premium"
else if [Modulo] = 2 then "Unlimited"
else null),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Attribute.1", "Date"}, {"Value", "Packages"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Payeras_BI Thanks a mill, this worked perfectly. Will remember this going forward.