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I have the below table
I want to create another column called "Local Market" which splits this column based on semi-column and the values come on a new row like below
What can be the power query code for this
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Hi @gigotomo ,
Try the following example code to see how I did this:
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnG1DvW2dg1WitWJVnL0AXHcgpRiYwE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Local Market Combined" = _t]),
// Relevant steps=====>
dupeColumn = Table.DuplicateColumn(Source, "Local Market Combined", "Local Market"),
splitByDelimToRows = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(dupeColumn, {{"Local Market", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(";", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Local Market")
in
splitByDelimToRows
Summary:
-1- Duplicate [Local Market Combined], changing the new column name to the desired value in the duplicate step code:
-2- Select your new [Local Market] column and go to Transform tab > Split Column (dropdown) > By Delimiter. Set up this as follows:
Output:
Pete
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let
Source = #table({"Local Market Combined"}, {{"DE;UK;ES"}, {"AL;UK;FR"}}),
result = Table.FromList(
List.TransformMany(
Table.ToList(Source, (x) => x),
(x) => Text.Split(x{0}, ";"),
(x, y) => x & {y}
),
(x) => x,
{"Local Market Combined", "Local Market"}
)
in
result
let
Source = #table({"Local Market Combined"}, {{"DE;UK;ES"}, {"AL;UK;FR"}}),
result = Table.FromList(
List.TransformMany(
Table.ToList(Source, (x) => x),
(x) => Text.Split(x{0}, ";"),
(x, y) => x & {y}
),
(x) => x,
{"Local Market Combined", "Local Market"}
)
in
result
Hi @gigotomo ,
Try the following example code to see how I did this:
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcnG1DvW2dg1WitWJVnL0AXHcgpRiYwE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Local Market Combined" = _t]),
// Relevant steps=====>
dupeColumn = Table.DuplicateColumn(Source, "Local Market Combined", "Local Market"),
splitByDelimToRows = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(dupeColumn, {{"Local Market", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(";", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Local Market")
in
splitByDelimToRows
Summary:
-1- Duplicate [Local Market Combined], changing the new column name to the desired value in the duplicate step code:
-2- Select your new [Local Market] column and go to Transform tab > Split Column (dropdown) > By Delimiter. Set up this as follows:
Output:
Pete
Proud to be a Datanaut!
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