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5 years ago
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Assign identifier to rows using multiple columns

I'm attempting to identify duplicate groups and assign identifiers based on 2 columns, Name and SSN:   Group ID Name SSN   Jane Doe 111111111   Jane Doe 222222222   Jane Doe 111...
  • Jimmy801's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hello Anonymous 

     

    you can Fill-down the SSN-column, Group by Name and SSN and add a index column. Expand the grouped table afterwards. Here the M-code

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8krMS1VwyU9V0lEyhAGlWB0UCSMYQJdA05GfkQeVMIYBdAkFpdhYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, SSN = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Name", type text}, {"SSN", Int64.Type}}),
        #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Changed Type",{"SSN"}),
        #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Filled Down", {"Name", "SSN"}, {{"AllRows", each _, type table [Name=text, SSN=number]}}),
        #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Grouped Rows",{"AllRows"}),
        #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Index", 1, 1),
        #"Expanded AllRows" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Index", "AllRows", {"Name", "SSN"}, {"Name", "SSN"})
    in
        #"Expanded AllRows"

     

    Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

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    Jimmy