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D_HL
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3 years ago
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Help with Excel Data in wide view, over multiple sheets

Good morning all, I hope you are well.  I'm trying to work out the most effective way to tackle a data set I have been asked to produce visuals from. The excel sheet consists of separate sheets, ...
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  • v-jingzhang's avatar
    v-jingzhang
    3 years ago

    Hi D_HL 

     

    This article will be helpful: Combine Multiple or All Sheets from an Excel File into a Power BI solution Using Power Query Dynamically - RADACAD

    Notice that in the following step, you need to keep "Name" and "Data" columns. The "Name" column contains sheet names that represent the attributes you want. 

     

    After expanding Data column and filtering out unnecessary rows per your need, you can select Both Name and Data columns at the same time, then unpivot other columns to get a long view table. 

     

    Hope this helps. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
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D_HL
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3 years ago

Thanks Jing,
The tricky element to it is that I need to make the sheet name the column header for the values presented in the sheet. My end game would be something like this... 

 

Primary SectorSecondary SectorDateTotalOutstanding Good Quality Bad Quality
AA01/01/2023

£8.5

£4.5£4.0£0.5
AB 01/01/2023£5.5£2.5£2.5£0
AC  01/01/2023£2.1£2.0£0.0£2.0
BA 01/01/2023£8.4£5.4£1.0£7.4

 

Thanks

Dan 

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    v-jingzhang
    Community Support
    3 years ago

    Hi D_HL 

     

    You can try this query. Just replace the file path in the first Source step. 

    let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\administrator\Desktop\Data.xlsx"), null, true),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(Source,{"Name", "Data"}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "NewData", each Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Table.PromoteHeaders([Data], [PromoteAllScalars=true]), {"Primary Sector", "Secondary Sector"}, "Attribute", "Value")),
    #"Removed Other Columns1" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Name", "NewData"}),
    #"Expanded NewData" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns1", "NewData", {"Primary Sector", "Secondary Sector", "Attribute", "Value"}, {"Primary Sector", "Secondary Sector", "Attribute", "Value"}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Expanded NewData", List.Distinct(#"Expanded NewData"[Name]), "Name", "Value"),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{{"Attribute", "Date"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

    I take only two sheets in my sample but never mind this query works with more sheets. 

     

    Steps are:

    Add a custom column to transform the original Data column first (promote the first row to headers and unpivot).

    Remove the original Data column, then expand the NewData column.

    Pivot Name column. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
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