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Caber
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Creating new column by index

Hello everyone,
I need help with manipulation in table.

I have a table:

ProductCatIndex
AAA1
AAB2
BAA1
CAA1
CAB2
CAC3


And i have to manipulate with it,  to get this:

Product123
AAAAB 
BAA  
CAAABAC


Is this possible in power query? 

Help guys 

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JW_van_Holst
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUXIEEYZKsTpQrhOQMAJznVBlnbFwEYrBXBBhrBQbCwA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, Cat = _t, Index = _t]),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Source, List.Distinct(Source[Index]), "Index", "Cat"),
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Pivoted Column",null,"",Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"1", "2", "3"})
in
    #"Replaced Value"

 

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JW_van_Holst
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUXIEEYZKsTpQrhOQMAJznVBlnbFwEYrBXBBhrBQbCwA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, Cat = _t, Index = _t]),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Source, List.Distinct(Source[Index]), "Index", "Cat"),
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Pivoted Column",null,"",Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"1", "2", "3"})
in
    #"Replaced Value"

 

Picture1.png

 

alosada
Frequent Visitor

Hi, 

 

you should try Dynamic Column option in Power Query. You can find it in the Transform menu of Power Query Editor.

 

I hope the answer has helped you, if true please mark the answer as correct!

 

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