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I have a table with the following structure:
| ID | Action1 | Action2 | Action3 | Action1DueDate | Action2DueDate | Action3DueDate | Action1Completed | Action2Completed | Action3Completed |
| 1 | a | b | c | 01/01/2023 | 04/01/2023 | 07/01/2023 | 10/01/2023 | 13/01/2023 | 16/01/2023 |
| 2 | d | e | f | 02/01/2023 | 05/01/2023 | 08/01/2023 | 11/01/2023 | 14/01/2023 | 17/01/2023 |
| 3 | g | h | i | 03/01/2023 | 06/01/2023 | 09/01/2023 | 12/01/2023 | 15/01/2023 | 18/01/2023 |
I want to transform it so each action has its own row like follows:
| ID | Action | Due Date | Completed |
| 1 | a | 01/01/2023 | 10/01/2023 |
| 1 | b | 04/01/2023 | 13/01/2023 |
| 1 | c | 07/01/2023 | 16/01/2023 |
| 2 | d | 02/01/2023 | 11/01/2023 |
| 2 | e | 05/01/2023 | 14/01/2023 |
| 2 | f | 08/01/2023 | 17/01/2023 |
| 3 | g | 03/01/2023 | 12/01/2023 |
| 3 | h | 06/01/2023 | 15/01/2023 |
| 3 | i | 09/01/2023 | 18/01/2023 |
I could create separate queries for Action, Due Date and Completed. Unpivoting each and then merging back together with the ID and the action number. But that doesn't feel like a great solution. Is there a better way of doing this?
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Hi,
let
Source = YourSource,
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
Group = Table.Group(Unpivot, {"ID"}, {{"Data", each Table.FromColumns(List.Split([Value],3), {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"})}}),
Expand = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Group, "Data", {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"}, {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"})
in
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Stéphane
Thanks, that works perfectly!
Hi,
let
Source = YourSource,
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
Group = Table.Group(Unpivot, {"ID"}, {{"Data", each Table.FromColumns(List.Split([Value],3), {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"})}}),
Expand = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Group, "Data", {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"}, {"Action", "DueDate", "Completed"})
in
Expand
Stéphane
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