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Excel Column Splitting

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 th...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    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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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Vijay - here is the data. 

Original Data
Contact name       Job Title        Email
1. Sam Kennedy      
2. John Kennedy    		1. Software Engineer 2. Manager        [email protected]
[email protected]
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

 

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!