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Anonymous
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7 years ago
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Filter out row using Table.SelectRows and conditional if/and

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 th...
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  • Mariusz's avatar
    Mariusz
    7 years ago

    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))
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  • Mariusz's avatar
    Mariusz
    7 years ago

    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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Mariusz
Community Champion
7 years ago

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

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.

Please feel free to connect with me.
Mariusz Repczynski

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    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's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      7 years ago

      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's avatar
        Mariusz
        Community Champion
        7 years ago

        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

        If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.

        Please feel free to connect with me.
        Mariusz Repczynski

         

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    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?

  • Yondice's avatar
    Yondice
    Advocate I
    3 years ago

    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.