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sbadiger3
Helper I
Helper I

How to rank a row based on a column

Hi everyone, I need help in creating a column in a table in power query. In my table I have a column 'order_line_id'. This column has duplicates. Now, I need to create a column 'rank' which gives rank based on the column 'order_line_id'. I am attaching below a demo table below. 

order_line_idrank
1234561
1234571
1234521
1575931
1234562

 

Here in this case, I'm creating a rank for all the values of order_line_id. In the example table above 123456 is a duplicate order_line_id and the whichever comes first in the table is ranked 1 and later 2. 

It would be great if someone can help me to achieve this in power query. 

Thanks in advance!
 

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mussaenda
Super User
Super User

mussaenda_0-1707378618752.png

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQyNjE1U4rVgTLNEUwjCNPU3NTSGCEKVBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [order_line_id = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"order_line_id", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"order_line_id"}, {{"Count", each _, type table [order_line_id=nullable number]}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddIndexColumn([Count], "Rank", 1,1)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Count"}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom", {"Rank"}, {"Rank"}),
    #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Expanded Custom",{{"Rank", Order.Ascending}})
in
    #"Sorted Rows"

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mussaenda
Super User
Super User

We grouped them according to order line id 

then created an index column according to it 

then sorted the rank according to your requirement

mussaenda
Super User
Super User

mussaenda_0-1707378618752.png

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQyNjE1U4rVgTLNEUwjCNPU3NTSGCEKVBsLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [order_line_id = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"order_line_id", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"order_line_id"}, {{"Count", each _, type table [order_line_id=nullable number]}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddIndexColumn([Count], "Rank", 1,1)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Count"}),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Custom", {"Rank"}, {"Rank"}),
    #"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Expanded Custom",{{"Rank", Order.Ascending}})
in
    #"Sorted Rows"

@mussaenda , can you please explain what all steps you performed? 

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