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AnthonyJoseph
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3 years ago
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Combine text ( without duplicating) based on another column

Hello Community,

 

I require some help in adding "Years in scope" column from power query.(in the screenshot below) Basically, I need a column that contains all the concatenated distinct year field values by client field. 

 

For example: 

1) Client 1 has data for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 hence the concatenated column (Years in scope) has value "2020,2021,2022". (delimited with comma).

2) Client 2 has data for the years 2021 and 2022 hence the concatenated column has "2021,2022".

Hope this acheivable and would really appreciate any response or support.

 

Thanks,

AnthonyJoseph

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  • AnthonyJoseph's avatar
    AnthonyJoseph
    3 years ago

    Thank you ThxAlot . I was able to get the output however, is it possible to have them sorted to be in ascending order  For example: I am getting values like 2022,2020,2021 is there a way where I can get it in ascending order like 2020,2021,2022 other than by sorting the table by year?
    Thanks,

    AnthonyJoseph

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi AnthonyJoseph ,

     

    Make a little change to ThxAlot's code:

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTIyMDICUoYGBkqxOnAhCIUhZIwqZACkTKBCRgizTFFEQGrNgCKxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Client = _t, Year = _t, Revenue = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Client", Int64.Type}, {"Year", Int64.Type}, {"Revenue", Int64.Type}}),
    Grouped = Table.Group(Source, "Client", {"grp", each Table.AddColumn(_, "Yrs in scope", (r) => Text.Combine(List.Sort(List.Distinct([Year])),","))}),
    Table = Table.Combine(Grouped[grp])
in
    Table

    Best Regards,
    Gao
    Community Support Team

     

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  • ThxAlot's avatar
    ThxAlot
    Super User
    3 years ago

     

     

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTIyMDICUoYGBkqxOnAhCIUhZIwqZACkTKBCRgizTFFEQGrNgCKxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Client = _t, Year = _t, Revenue = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Client", Int64.Type}, {"Year", Int64.Type}, {"Revenue", Int64.Type}}),
    Grouped = Table.Group(Source, "Client", {"grp", each Table.AddColumn(_, "Yrs in scope", (r) => Text.Combine(List.Distinct([Year]),","))}),
    Table = Table.Combine(Grouped[grp])
in
    Table

     

     

     

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    • AnthonyJoseph's avatar
      AnthonyJoseph
      Resolver III
      3 years ago

      Thank you ThxAlot . I was able to get the output however, is it possible to have them sorted to be in ascending order  For example: I am getting values like 2022,2020,2021 is there a way where I can get it in ascending order like 2020,2021,2022 other than by sorting the table by year?
      Thanks,

      AnthonyJoseph

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        3 years ago

        Hi AnthonyJoseph ,

         

        Make a little change to ThxAlot's code:

        let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTIyMDICUoYGBkqxOnAhCIUhZIwqZACkTKBCRgizTFFEQGrNgCKxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Client = _t, Year = _t, Revenue = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Client", Int64.Type}, {"Year", Int64.Type}, {"Revenue", Int64.Type}}),
    Grouped = Table.Group(Source, "Client", {"grp", each Table.AddColumn(_, "Yrs in scope", (r) => Text.Combine(List.Sort(List.Distinct([Year])),","))}),
    Table = Table.Combine(Grouped[grp])
in
    Table

        Best Regards,
        Gao
        Community Support Team

         

        If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

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