Extracting data from lists and combining data

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone.

So I have a JSON file ( need to be ) with the specific format :

{

    "Id":[0,1,2],

    "Data1":[[5,1],[4,81,52,6,42,8,1,4,2,5],[18,36]],

    "Date2":[["u","j","a","e"],["q","s","d","f","p"],["n","b"]],

    "Date3":[[10,13],[10,25],[10,58]]

}

When I load my json file as a data source, I have :

The best result I can have ( by developping ID ) is this :

But I need to have data being like this :

So my question is : Can I have the result I want and if yes, how ?

[smpa01 · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous  try this

let
    Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\user\Desktop\Daily\codebeautify.json")),
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromRecords({Source}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Converted to Table",{{"Id", type any}, {"Data1", type any}, {"Date2", type any}, {"Date3", type any}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Table.FromColumns({[Id],[Data1],[Date2],[Date3]})),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4"}, {"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4"}),
    #"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Expanded Custom", {"Column2", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
    #"Extracted Values1" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values", {"Column3", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
    #"Extracted Values2" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values1", {"Column4", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text})
in
    #"Extracted Values2"

[AlexisOlson · Accepted solution]

Here is another possible solution:

let
    Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\aolson\Downloads\Sample.json")),
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromColumns(Record.FieldValues(Source), Record.FieldNames(Source)),
    #"Expand Lists" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Converted to Table", List.Transform(List.Skip(Table.ColumnNames(#"Converted to Table")), (col) => {col, each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}))
in
    #"Expand Lists"

[Anonymous]

Thank you, it works as I wish but I prefer the answer of smpa01 because I understand it better

[smpa01 · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous  try this

let
    Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\user\Desktop\Daily\codebeautify.json")),
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromRecords({Source}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Converted to Table",{{"Id", type any}, {"Data1", type any}, {"Date2", type any}, {"Date3", type any}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Table.FromColumns({[Id],[Data1],[Date2],[Date3]})),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4"}, {"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4"}),
    #"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Expanded Custom", {"Column2", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
    #"Extracted Values1" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values", {"Column3", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
    #"Extracted Values2" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values1", {"Column4", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text})
in
    #"Extracted Values2"

[Anonymous]

Thank you, it works perfeclty and I understand well the different steps