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Create a Table from existing columns
- 5 years ago
Hi arcejames ,
if you're looking for a dynamic solution, you can use this approach:
// Query1 let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUYoA4oKcxOKSzGQgyxCIk/PLUouAdCIQl1QWpBoqxepgU2sEks8vAJJJUJVGYJVOQF4kEOemliTmAGljEDszJSUnFcgAIZiiKCAuKk1KAtuGQLGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Material1 = _t, Description1 = _t, Materia2 = _t, Description2 = _t, Material3 = _t, Description3 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Material1", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Materia2", Int64.Type}, {"Description2", type text}, {"Material3", type text}, {"Description3", type text}}), SplitToColumns = List.Skip(Table.ToColumns(#"Changed Type")), Materials = List.Union(List.Alternate(SplitToColumns,1,1,1)), Descriptions = List.Union(List.Alternate(SplitToColumns,1,1)), NoOfColumnStacks = (Table.ColumnCount(Source) - 1 ) / 2, CreateTable = Table.FromColumns({List.Repeat(Source[Type], NoOfColumnStacks), Materials, Descriptions}), ReplaceBlankByNull = Table.ReplaceValue(CreateTable,"",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column2", "Column3"}), FilterOutNulls = Table.SelectRows(ReplaceBlankByNull, each ([Column2] <> null) and ([Column3] <> null)) in FilterOutNullsIt also allocates the Types from the first column to the other rows - hope that's OK.
It is a variation of the approach I've publishd here, if you're interested in how it works: https://www.thebiccountant.com/2019/02/28/unstacking-columns-in-power-bi-power-query-excel/ - Anonymous5 years ago
a slightly different solution to stack the columns, based (actually, doing the reverse) on ImkeF suggestions at
https://www.thebiccountant.com/2019/02/28/unstacking-columns-in-power-bi-power-query-excel/
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUaoA4oKCAiBpCMTJyclAMhGISwyVYnXQlRiBJEpKgGQSiGUEVuIEZFYCcW5uLpA0BrEyU4AkCMHkq4C4qKgIKgqViwUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"type" = _t, m1 = _t, d1 = _t, m2 = _t, d2 = _t, m3 = _t, d3 = _t]), ct = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"type", type text}, {"m1", type text}, {"d1", type text}, {"m2", Int64.Type}, {"d2", type text}, {"m3", type text}, {"d3", type text}}), ttc=Table.ToColumns(ct), cols=Table.ColumnNames(ct), stack=(SCgrpCols)=> List.Combine(Table.ToColumns(Table.SelectColumns(ct,List.Select(cols, each Text.StartsWith(_,SCgrpCols))))) in Table.FromColumns({ttc{0},stack("m"),stack("d")},{"type","m","d"})after a bit of makeup (after mash up)
let #"Query1 (2)" = let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUaoA4oKCAiBpCMTJyclAMhGISwyVYnXQlRiBJEpKgGQSiGUEVuIEZFYCcW5uLpA0BrEyU4AkCMHkq4C4qKgIKgqViwUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"type" = _t, m1 = _t, d1 = _t, m2 = _t, d2 = _t, m3 = _t, d3 = _t]), ct = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"type", type text}, {"m1", type text}, {"d1", type text}, {"m2", Int64.Type}, {"d2", type text}, {"m3", type text}, {"d3", type text}}), ttc=Table.ToColumns(ct), cols=Table.ColumnNames(ct), stack=(grpCols)=> List.Combine(Table.ToColumns(Table.SelectColumns(ct,List.Select(cols, each Text.StartsWith(_,grpCols))))) in Table.FromColumns({List.Combine(List.Repeat({ttc{0}},3)),stack("m"),stack("d")},{"type","m","d"}), #"Removed Blank Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Query1 (2)", each not List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveMatchingItems(Record.FieldValues(_[[m],[d]]), {"", null}))) in #"Removed Blank Rows"
arcejames It's not elegant, but you could do it like the following:
Table (5)
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUYoA4oKcxOKSzGQgyxCIk/PLUouAdCIQl1QWpBoqxepgU2sEks8vAJJJUJVGYJVOQF4kEOemliTmAGljEDszJSUnFcgAIZiiKCAuKk1KAtuGQLGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Material1 = _t, Description1 = _t, Materia2 = _t, Description2 = _t, Material3 = _t, Description3 = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Material1", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Materia2", Int64.Type}, {"Description2", type text}, {"Material3", type text}, {"Description3", type text}})
in
#"Changed Type"
Table (6)
let
Source = #"Table (5)",
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Materia2", "Description2", "Material3", "Description3"}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Material1", "Material"}, {"Description1", "Description"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Table (7)
let
Source = #"Table (5)",
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Material1", "Description1", "Material3", "Description3"}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Materia2", "Material"}, {"Description2", "Description"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Table (8)
let
Source = #"Table (5)",
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Material1", "Description1", "Materia2", "Description2"}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Material3", "Material"}, {"Description3", "Description"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Append1
let
Source = Table.Combine({#"Table (6)", #"Table (7)", #"Table (8)"}),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Material", type text}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Material] <> null and [Material] <> ""))
in
#"Filtered Rows"
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- Greg_Deckler5 years agoCommunity Champion
arcejames - Here it is as a single query:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUYoA4oKcxOKSzGQgyxCIk/PLUouAdCIQl1QWpBoqxepgU2sEks8vAJJJUJVGYJVOQF4kEOemliTmAGljEDszJSUnFcgAIZiiKCAuKk1KAtuGQLGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Material1 = _t, Description1 = _t, Materia2 = _t, Description2 = _t, Material3 = _t, Description3 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Material1", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Materia2", Int64.Type}, {"Description2", type text}, {"Material3", type text}, {"Description3", type text}}), #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Materia2", "Description2", "Material3", "Description3"}), #"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns1",{{"Material1", "Material"}, {"Description1", "Description"}}), #"Removed Columns2" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Material1", "Description1", "Material3", "Description3"}), #"Renamed Columns2" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns2",{{"Materia2", "Material"}, {"Description2", "Description"}}), #"Removed Columns3" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"Material1", "Description1", "Materia2", "Description2"}), #"Renamed Columns3" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns3",{{"Material3", "Material"}, {"Description3", "Description"}}), #"Append1" = Table.Combine({#"Renamed Columns1", #"Renamed Columns2", #"Renamed Columns3"}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Append1",{{"Material", type text}}), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each ([Material] <> null and [Material] <> "")) in #"Filtered Rows"- ImkeF5 years agoCommunity Champion
Hi arcejames ,
if you're looking for a dynamic solution, you can use this approach:
// Query1 let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUYoA4oKcxOKSzGQgyxCIk/PLUouAdCIQl1QWpBoqxepgU2sEks8vAJJJUJVGYJVOQF4kEOemliTmAGljEDszJSUnFcgAIZiiKCAuKk1KAtuGQLGxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Type = _t, Material1 = _t, Description1 = _t, Materia2 = _t, Description2 = _t, Material3 = _t, Description3 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Type", type text}, {"Material1", type text}, {"Description1", type text}, {"Materia2", Int64.Type}, {"Description2", type text}, {"Material3", type text}, {"Description3", type text}}), SplitToColumns = List.Skip(Table.ToColumns(#"Changed Type")), Materials = List.Union(List.Alternate(SplitToColumns,1,1,1)), Descriptions = List.Union(List.Alternate(SplitToColumns,1,1)), NoOfColumnStacks = (Table.ColumnCount(Source) - 1 ) / 2, CreateTable = Table.FromColumns({List.Repeat(Source[Type], NoOfColumnStacks), Materials, Descriptions}), ReplaceBlankByNull = Table.ReplaceValue(CreateTable,"",null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Column2", "Column3"}), FilterOutNulls = Table.SelectRows(ReplaceBlankByNull, each ([Column2] <> null) and ([Column3] <> null)) in FilterOutNullsIt also allocates the Types from the first column to the other rows - hope that's OK.
It is a variation of the approach I've publishd here, if you're interested in how it works: https://www.thebiccountant.com/2019/02/28/unstacking-columns-in-power-bi-power-query-excel/