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Devkota_Samrat
Frequent Visitor

Convert compact pivot like table to tabular form using power query

I got a complex data in a format like (compact pivot table),
I need to convert it into tabular form,
I tried fill down in power query to clean this data.

I have made a small example to explain this problem.
first picture is the small simulation of the problem,
in second picture after using fill down the red part is unwanted,
and yellow highlighted part is also not required in my final data.

beforebeforeafterafter

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Devkota_Samrat,,

 

Result:

dufoq3_0-1711701805627.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("tVDbCsIwDP2V0Of9xOwQB4IPCjLGHlobXNjIoM1A/95NKMKg6BQhEM7JObnVtcpDQFGZmqPJXnhLN3TwRGFZm6JkMXwl22PULATv8GmFXY/eI0t6m6MMl271CmtxgVYG//cx2oQWcoGN4Q4MOygZdlP+qu+ejKWe5J7g4msjRxgSVu3R0Xw/FCPCmaQlhgMjVGj8R7N+5poH", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Level-1" = _t, #"Level-2" = _t, #"Level-3" = _t]),
    ReplaceBlankToNull = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {}, each if Text.Trim(_) = "" then null else _),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(ReplaceBlankToNull, {"Level-1"}, 
        {{"All", each Table.SelectRows(Table.FillDown(_, Table.ColumnNames(ReplaceBlankToNull)), (x)=> x[#"Level-3"] <> null) , type table}}),
    CombinedAll = Table.Combine(GroupedRows[All])
in
    CombinedAll

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Hi, there is no grouping necessary. 

  1. Fill down Level-2, Level-3 and Level-4
  2. remove null rows for Level-5

Result

dufoq3_0-1711719583509.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Level-1" = _t, #"Level-2" = _t, #"Level-3" = _t, #"Level-4" = _t, #"Level-5" = _t]),
    ReplaceBlankToNull = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {}, each if Text.Trim(_) = "" then null else _),
    FilledDown = Table.FillDown(ReplaceBlankToNull,{"Level-2", "Level-3", "Level-4"}),
    FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(FilledDown, each ([#"Level-5"] <> null))
in
    FilteredRows

 


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Devkota_Samrat
Frequent Visitor

Thank you @dufoq3 ,
I have attached the google drive link of my sample file,
link ,
this file has three sheets,
input sheet is the source data I want to clean and final output is what I want,
Output one is the intermediate step in which red colored rows are deleted to get final result if I have to do this task manually in excel.

Regards,
Samrat

Hi, there is no grouping necessary. 

  1. Fill down Level-2, Level-3 and Level-4
  2. remove null rows for Level-5

Result

dufoq3_0-1711719583509.png

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Level-1" = _t, #"Level-2" = _t, #"Level-3" = _t, #"Level-4" = _t, #"Level-5" = _t]),
    ReplaceBlankToNull = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {}, each if Text.Trim(_) = "" then null else _),
    FilledDown = Table.FillDown(ReplaceBlankToNull,{"Level-2", "Level-3", "Level-4"}),
    FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(FilledDown, each ([#"Level-5"] <> null))
in
    FilteredRows

 


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Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

Thank you.

You're welcome.


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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi again @Devkota_Samrat, I've noticed one mistake in query above:

dufoq3_0-1711704947659.png

 

In query below it has been repaired:

Result

dufoq3_1-1711704981983.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("tVDbCsIwDP2V0Of9xOwQB4IPCjLGHlobXNjIoM1A/95NKMKg6BQhEM7JObnVtcpDQFGZmqPJXnhLN3TwRGFZm6JkMXwl22PULATv8GmFXY/eI0t6m6MMl271CmtxgVYG//cx2oQWcoGN4Q4MOygZdlP+qu+ejKWe5J7g4msjRxgSVu3R0Xw/FCPCmaQlhgMjVGj8R7N+5poH", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Level-1" = _t, #"Level-2" = _t, #"Level-3" = _t]),
    ReplaceBlankToNull = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {}, each if Text.Trim(_) = "" then null else _),
    FilledDown = Table.FillDown(ReplaceBlankToNull,{"Level-2"}),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(FilledDown, {"Level-1", "Level-2"},
        {{"All", each Table.SelectRows(Table.FillDown(_, Table.ColumnNames(FilledDown)), (x)=> x[#"Level-3"] <> null) , type table}}),
    CombinedAll = Table.Combine(GroupedRows[All])
in
    CombinedAll

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Devkota_Samrat,,

 

Result:

dufoq3_0-1711701805627.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("tVDbCsIwDP2V0Of9xOwQB4IPCjLGHlobXNjIoM1A/95NKMKg6BQhEM7JObnVtcpDQFGZmqPJXnhLN3TwRGFZm6JkMXwl22PULATv8GmFXY/eI0t6m6MMl271CmtxgVYG//cx2oQWcoGN4Q4MOygZdlP+qu+ejKWe5J7g4msjRxgSVu3R0Xw/FCPCmaQlhgMjVGj8R7N+5poH", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Level-1" = _t, #"Level-2" = _t, #"Level-3" = _t]),
    ReplaceBlankToNull = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {}, each if Text.Trim(_) = "" then null else _),
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(ReplaceBlankToNull, {"Level-1"}, 
        {{"All", each Table.SelectRows(Table.FillDown(_, Table.ColumnNames(ReplaceBlankToNull)), (x)=> x[#"Level-3"] <> null) , type table}}),
    CombinedAll = Table.Combine(GroupedRows[All])
in
    CombinedAll

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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