Expand Table columns based on row entries - to create a unique identifier

See the logic in the M code below. Basically this:

• Groups all data by ID
• Gets the first record based on the date. If it has duplicate IDs, it gets the first record. If not, it gets the only record.
• Remove all previous columns
• Expand the new unique and first record for each ID.

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1) In Power Query, select New Source, then Blank Query
2) On the Home ribbon, select "Advanced Editor" button
3) Remove everything you see, then paste the M code I've given you in that box.
4) Press Done

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("XcjJCQAwCATAXvYteKcZsf82AhIQMs+pgoIQrGxigqaCTdiGT/gfsRETuZET50Vf", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Date = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Date", type date}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ID"}, {{"All Rows", each _, type table [ID=number, Date=date]}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Original Records", each Table.Max([All Rows], "Date")),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Original Records"}),
    #"Expanded Original Records" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Original Records", {"ID", "Date"}, {"ID", "Date"})
in
    #"Expanded Original Records"

 

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