Filter out row using Table.SelectRows and conditional if/and

[Anonymous]

Hi all, 

I need to drop a row from my table in power query (Excel). I presume I need to filter that row out. The trouble is that other rows also have than same value and I dont want to filter out the other ones too. For example, I want to filter out 

[Total]<>26 where in the same row the [Indicator] is "bob"

I do not want to filter out [Total]<>26 for "sally" and "jane"

I do not want to filter out "bob" if total does not equal 26 (since bob has other rows in other years I want to keep

I tried this

#"myfilter" = Table.SelectRows(#"previous step", each ([Total] <> 26 and [Indicator] <>"bob"))

But of course this filtered out all the 26 and all the bob entries...How do I write this please?

Best, Roger

[Mariusz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

You can filter to Bob and 26 and add not like below.

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each not ([Indicator] = "bob" and [Total] = 26))

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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[lagha]

How can i select reow different from list, i try this but it doesn't wor?

= Table.SelectRows(#"Colonne conditionnelle ajoutée2", each [Date de base] <> #"date du jour -30"=true)

thnks

[Mariusz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

You can filter to Bob and 26 and add not like below.

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each not ([Indicator] = "bob" and [Total] = 26))

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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[Yondice]

This solved my problem.

Side lesson learned: if you're renaming columns, don't use parentheses or brackets in the new name. It will screw with subsequent transformation steps.

[Anonymous]

Hi Mariusz,

What code would you use if within [Indicator] column the rows had a nested List or Table and you wanted to 'select' only the rows had items in the List. For example [Indicator] contained "Bob" and "Sally" as rows in either the nested List or nested Table?

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot @Mariusz , 

each not() was exactly what I needed. 

I also figured I could add an Index column and then filter out that unique ID. 

Cheers, Roger

[Anonymous]

Hi, can I ask a further question on this, 

How can I adjust the code so that this code:

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each not ([Indicator] = "bob" and [Total] = 26))
= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each not ([Indicator] = "jane" and [Total] = 21))
= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each not ([Indicator] = "jon" and [Total] = 15))

is wrapped in something like a  

each [indicator]
each if then
else if then
else

So I dont have to keep writing '= Table.SelectRows(#' ? 

Thanks, Roger

[Mariusz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

You can try the below.

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", 
        each not ( 
                ( [Indicator] = "bob" and [Total] = 26 ) 
             or ( [Indicator] = "jane" and [Total] = 21 )
             or ( [Indicator] = "jon" and [Total] = 15 )
        ) 
    )

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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[Anonymous]

Great, thanks! That simplifies my code a little 🙂