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BryanCarmichael
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How to deal with xml column that sometimes contains values and sometimes contains a table

I have a xml source that I need to consume and have no control over.

 

Within it several elements sometimes contain a sinlge value and sometimes contain a table of values.

 

When I parse this using Power Query I can see no way to say 'if Table' do this else 'do that'.

 

If i try and do a table expand on the column it throws an error on the records that just have a single value and if i do not do the expand the records that contain multiple values just show as [Table] in the front end.

 

Any help greatly appreciated 

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ams1
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Hi @BryanCarmichael 

 

Please post XML samples for the 2x scenarios (ideally also the query) - don't forget to remove confidential information.

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