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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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Custom Function Add column for each binary

I'm working on an agg table, and I need to add a column (from the binary) to the initial table. I want to do it without doing all of the combining and expanding and all other transforms - just need ...
  • v-jingzhang's avatar
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Your idea is doable. You can create a blank query and paste below code into it. This query will become a custom function which has a parameter paraContent requiring a binary value. 

    (paraContent as binary)=>
    let
    #"Imported Text" = Table.FromColumns({Lines.FromBinary(paraContent,null,null,1252)}),
    #"Extracted Text Before Delimiter" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Imported Text", {{"Column1", each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, "|"), type text}}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Extracted Text Before Delimiter",{{"Column1", "RecordType"}})
    in
    #"Renamed Columns"

     

    Then in the initial query, click "Invoke Custom Function" beneath Add Column tab. In Invoke Custom Function window, select above function and select Content column for the paraContent parameter. 

     

    In the new column, you will have a table value in each cell. This table value is the result of the custom function. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
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