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cottrera
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Dynamically merge columns when columns appear and disapear

Hi

 

I have a step in my transformations that merges all the columns in my dataset. However some days there will be less columsn and other days there will be more. Which is causing errors Is there a simple way to dymaically changes this so that it no longer causes error issues

 

Here is the M for my merge step 

= Table.CombineColumns(#"Transposed Table",{"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6", "Column7", "Column8", "Column9", "Column10", "Column11", "Column12", "Column13", "Column14", "Column15", "Column16", "Column17", "Column18", "Column19", "Column20", "Column21", "Column22", "Column23", "Column24", "Column25", "Column26", "Column27", "Column28", "Column29", "Column30", "Column31", "Column32", "Column33", "Column34", "Column35", "Column36", "Column37", "Column38", "Column39", "Column40", "Column41", "Column42", "Column43", "Column44", "Column45", "Column46", "Column47", "Column48", "Column49", "Column50", "Column51", "Column52", "Column53", "Column54", "Column55", "Column56", "Column57", "Column58", "Column59", "Column60", "Column61", "Column62", "Column63", "Column64", "Column65", "Column66", "Column67", "Column68", "Column69", "Column70", "Column71", "Column72", "Column73", "Column74", "Column75", "Column76", "Column77", "Column78", "Column79", "Column80", "Column81", "Column82", "Column83", "Column84", "Column85", "Column86", "Column87", "Column88", "Column89", "Column90", "Column91", "Column92", "Column93", "Column94", "Column95", "Column96", "Column97", "Column98", "Column99", "Column100", "Column101", "Column102", "Column103", "Column104", "Column105", "Column106", "Column107", "Column108", "Column109", "Column110", "Column111", "Column112", "Column113", "Column114", "Column115", "Column116", "Column117", "Column118", "Column119", "Column120", "Column121", "Column122", "Column123", "Column124", "Column125", "Column126", "Column127", "Column128", "Column129", "Column130", "Column131", "Column132", "Column133", "Column134", "Column135", "Column136", "Column137", "Column138", "Column139", "Column140", "Column141", "Column142", "Column143", "Column144", "Column145", "Column146", "Column147", "Column148"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged")

 

 

thank You
Richard

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AlienSx
Super User
Super User

Hello, @cottrera 

Table.CombineColumns(#"Transposed Table", Table.ColumnNames(#"Transposed Table"),Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged")

 

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cottrera
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Thank you for responding so quikly

AlienSx
Super User
Super User

Hello, @cottrera 

Table.CombineColumns(#"Transposed Table", Table.ColumnNames(#"Transposed Table"),Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged")

 

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