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Dhulem
4 years agoRegular Visitor
Copy cell in power query to multiple cells
Hi all, new to power query and ran into a snag. I am trying to copy "Company -- Beta" from the image below for the next 57 cells. Then at cell 58 I have a new company name for example Alpha and then ...
- 4 years ago
Hi, Dhulem ;
You could create a condition column , then use fill down.
2.fill down then delete original column.
The final show:
let Source = Folder.Files("C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop"), #"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\_Scrubbed Data xlsx" = Source{[#"Folder Path"="C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\",Name="Scrubbed Data.xlsx"]}[Content], #"Imported Excel Workbook" = Excel.Workbook(#"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\_Scrubbed Data xlsx"), Sheet1_Sheet = #"Imported Excel Workbook"{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(Sheet1_Sheet, "Custom", each if [Column1] = "Beta" then [Column1] else if [Column1] = "Alpha" then [Column1] else null), #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Added Conditional Column", [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Organization", type text}, {"Column2", type text}}), #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Changed Type",{"Column2"}), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filled Down",{"Organization"}) in #"Removed Columns"
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
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Community Support
4 years agoHi, Dhulem ;
You could create a condition column , then use fill down.
2.fill down then delete original column.
The final show:
let
Source = Folder.Files("C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop"),
#"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\_Scrubbed Data xlsx" = Source{[#"Folder Path"="C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\",Name="Scrubbed Data.xlsx"]}[Content],
#"Imported Excel Workbook" = Excel.Workbook(#"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\_Scrubbed Data xlsx"),
Sheet1_Sheet = #"Imported Excel Workbook"{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(Sheet1_Sheet, "Custom", each if [Column1] = "Beta" then [Column1] else if [Column1] = "Alpha" then [Column1] else null),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Added Conditional Column", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Organization", type text}, {"Column2", type text}}),
#"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Changed Type",{"Column2"}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filled Down",{"Organization"})
in
#"Removed Columns"
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.