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How to avoid using Table.Column when there are multiple columns in Power Query

This is my first post, please bare with me, and I am new in this forum, need help

 

I have a source data like as below

 

WillTaylorUK_0-1668151720193.png

 

And the end goal will be like this, 

 

WillTaylorUK_1-1668151770830.png

 

 

Presently I am using the power query with this code

 

let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, {{"All", each _, type table [Name=text, Address=text, City=text, State=text]}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.Column([All],"Address")),
#"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom.1", each Table.Column([All],"City")),
#"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Custom.2", each Table.Column([All],"State")),
#"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom2", {"Custom", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), "|"), type text}),
#"Extracted Values1" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values", {"Custom.1", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), "|"), type text}),
#"Extracted Values2" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Extracted Values1", {"Custom.2", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), "|"), type text}),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Extracted Values2",{"All"})
in
#"Removed Columns"

 

In real there are around 30 columns, how can avoid using Table.Column or if I am using Table.Column then how to combine all the columns dynamcially to achieve the above end goal.

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wdx223_Daniel
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let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],

#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, List.Trandform(List.Skip(Table.ColumnNames(Source)),(x)=>{x,each Text.Combine(List.Transform(Table.Column(_,x),Text.From),"|")}))

in

#"Grouped Rows"

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wdx223_Daniel
Community Champion
Community Champion

let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],

#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, List.Trandform(List.Skip(Table.ColumnNames(Source)),(x)=>{x,each Text.Combine(List.Transform(Table.Column(_,x),Text.From),"|")}))

in

#"Grouped Rows"

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