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yhong16
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Fill down with index value

I am trying to fill down in null value, i have tried group by and it does not work. As i have simlar value in the same column. Last column is what i want. I currently have first 2 columns. Any idea how to achieve this? 

CustomIndex.1  What I want
10  1
21  2
32  3
43  4
54  5
65  6
76  7
87  8
78  7
89  8
610  6
711  7
null12  8
null13  9
null14  10
415  4
516  5
null17  6
null18  7
null19  8
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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

let
  Source = Table.FromRows(
    Json.Document(
      Binary.Decompress(
        Binary.FromText(
          "Vc5LDsAgCATQu7B2IShKz2K8gemu9++UJiTs3vAJrEVMhSrtskggdjVIXB1qLoW6a0DqmtBwGTSjZlG7YoNrtPm/cj/nfElSain1+II13uCRZmZKlhLu7xc=", 
          BinaryEncoding.Base64
        ), 
        Compression.Deflate
      )
    ), 
    let
      _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true])
    in
      type table [Custom = _t, Index.1 = _t]
  ), 
  #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
    Source, 
    {{"Index.1", Int64.Type}, {"Custom", Int64.Type}}
  ), 
  #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(
    #"Changed Type", 
    each [Custom], 
    (k) =>
      if k[Custom] = null then
        let
          t = Table.Last(
            Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Index.1] < k[Index.1] and [Custom] <> null)
          )
        in
          k[Index.1] - t[Index.1] + t[Custom]
      else
        k[Custom], 
    Replacer.ReplaceValue, 
    {"Custom"}
  )
in
  #"Replaced Value"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done". Once you examined the code, replace the Source step with your own source.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

let
  Source = Table.FromRows(
    Json.Document(
      Binary.Decompress(
        Binary.FromText(
          "Vc5LDsAgCATQu7B2IShKz2K8gemu9++UJiTs3vAJrEVMhSrtskggdjVIXB1qLoW6a0DqmtBwGTSjZlG7YoNrtPm/cj/nfElSain1+II13uCRZmZKlhLu7xc=", 
          BinaryEncoding.Base64
        ), 
        Compression.Deflate
      )
    ), 
    let
      _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true])
    in
      type table [Custom = _t, Index.1 = _t]
  ), 
  #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
    Source, 
    {{"Index.1", Int64.Type}, {"Custom", Int64.Type}}
  ), 
  #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(
    #"Changed Type", 
    each [Custom], 
    (k) =>
      if k[Custom] = null then
        let
          t = Table.Last(
            Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each [Index.1] < k[Index.1] and [Custom] <> null)
          )
        in
          k[Index.1] - t[Index.1] + t[Custom]
      else
        k[Custom], 
    Replacer.ReplaceValue, 
    {"Custom"}
  )
in
  #"Replaced Value"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done". Once you examined the code, replace the Source step with your own source.

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