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Walter_W2022
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3 years ago
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How to remove duplicates for each row and then shift columns to right in Power Query

Hi there,

Need help here, how can I convert below in Power Query? need to remove the duplicates in the right columns, then shift the columns without duplicates from left to right for each row

Thanks in advance!

Cheers

Walter

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Walter_W2022 ,

     

    Here you can open the advanced editor:

    To the left of the "=" sign are the names of the individual steps; if they contain special characters (e.g. spaces), they must be nested outside #"".

    Our previous step name was #"change type", so here we replace PreviousStepName with #"change type" and you can replace this step name as required.

    Finally we need to return the result of the Custom1 step, so the result after in needs to be changed to Custom1.

    Result.

     

    Best Regards,
    Gao
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  • wdx223_Daniel's avatar
    wdx223_Daniel
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    3 years ago

    NewStep=#table(Table.ColumnNames(PreviousStepName),Table.ToList(PreviousStepName,each let a=List.Count(_) in List.LastN(List.Repeat({null},a)&List.Distinct(_),a)))

    • Walter_W2022's avatar
      Walter_W2022
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      3 years ago

      Thank you for your reply, sorry, I could not make it work, would you please explain a bit more? as I am not familiar with M code. especially what does #table mean? how should I replace it?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        3 years ago

        Hi Walter_W2022 ,

         

        Here you can open the advanced editor:

        To the left of the "=" sign are the names of the individual steps; if they contain special characters (e.g. spaces), they must be nested outside #"".

        Our previous step name was #"change type", so here we replace PreviousStepName with #"change type" and you can replace this step name as required.

        Finally we need to return the result of the Custom1 step, so the result after in needs to be changed to Custom1.

        Result.

         

        Best Regards,
        Gao
        Community Support Team

         

        If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

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