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Hi,
I want to split data available in 2 columns. It seems to be not straightforward, as I want multiple entry text data in a single cell (Column 1) to be mapped against same row Column 2 data, so that parallel data in consecutive cells gets mapped against each other.
E.g.:
Column 1 | Column 2 |
1. Sam 2. John | Engineer Architect |
I want final result as:
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Sam | Engineer |
John | Architect |
Can someone help urgently?
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This is my solution. You may have a try!
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
Table2 = Source{[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table2,{{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Contact name] <> null and [Contact name] <> ""),
Custom1 = Table.FromColumns(List.Transform(Table.ToColumns(#"Filtered Rows"), each List.Combine(List.Transform(_, each Text.Split(_, "#(lf)")))), {"Contact Name", "Job Title"})
in
Custom1
From
into
Best Regards,
Jing
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Use this query as your next step. Replace Source with your previou step name.
= Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Source), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Column1", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Column1], ".", 0))})))
Hi Vijay - not clear. These are my column names "Contact name" and "Job Title". Can you pls. suggest complete step that can give the desired result from the existing format.
I tried this (but error):
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Source, {{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}}), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Contact name", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Contact name], ".", 0))})))
in
#"Changed Type"
Use this
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.FromRecords(List.Transform(Table.ToRecords(Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}})), (x)=> Record.TransformFields(x, {"Contact name", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(x[Contact name], ".", 0))})))
in
#"Changed Type"
Still this error:
Please upload an Excel file with dummy data with the query applied to any file hosting service such as Onedrive, Google drive, Box, Dropbox...and share the link here
Hi Vijay - here is the data.
Original Data | ||
Contact name | Job Title | |
1. Sam Kennedy 2. John Kennedy | 1. Software Engineer 2. Manager | sam.kennedy@xxx.com john.kennedy@xxx.com |
This is my solution. You may have a try!
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(),
Table2 = Source{[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Table2,{{"Contact name", type text}, {"Job Title", type text}}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Contact name] <> null and [Contact name] <> ""),
Custom1 = Table.FromColumns(List.Transform(Table.ToColumns(#"Filtered Rows"), each List.Combine(List.Transform(_, each Text.Split(_, "#(lf)")))), {"Contact Name", "Job Title"})
in
Custom1
From
into
Best Regards,
Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it. Appreciate your Kudos!
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