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smpa01
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How to create an empty table from a list where list items become the table columns

The title might be confusing.

 

I have a list as follows

let
    Source = {"c1","c2","c3"}
in
    Source

 

smpa01_0-1669758529139.png

 

I want to end up with an empty table as this is where the column names come from the list values.

smpa01_1-1669758596091.png

 

@ImkeF @AlexisOlson @Anonymous 

Thank you in advance

 

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let
    Source = {"c1","c2","c3"},
    EmptyTable = #table(Source,{})
in
    EmptyTable

CNENFRNL_0-1669760536226.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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let
    Source = {"c1","c2","c3"},
    EmptyTable = #table(Source,{})
in
    EmptyTable

CNENFRNL_0-1669760536226.png


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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