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Tomhayw
Helper I
Helper I

How to pivot columns round an identifying column

Hello guys,

I'm not quite sure what the technical name is for this type of modification but I've attached screenshots below to show what my query looks like compared to what I want it to look like:

Tomhayw_0-1659428746905.png

To:

Tomhayw_1-1659428806146.png

 

Note: I've used excel to show the comparison between what I've got and my desired output. Essentially, for every 'Type' where there is more than one entry, I want that to be in a singular column so that it is easy to analyse.

I'm carrying this out in Power Query, any help would be fantastic.

Thanks,

Tom

 

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

This is called unpivoting.

Select your first 3 columns and do Unpivot on other columns (not selected columns)

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

This is called unpivoting.

Select your first 3 columns and do Unpivot on other columns (not selected columns)

1.png

Thank you, worked perfectly.

KT_Bsmart2gethe
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Hi @Tomhayw ,

 

Steps:

1. Add a Custom Column:  List.RemoveFirstN(List.RemoveNulls(Record.ToList(_)),3)

2. Expand column to new rows

3. Delete unwanted column

 

Regards

KT

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