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kbachova
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6 years ago
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JSON file to table

Hi superusers,   I have this JSON file:   "{ \"column_definitions\": [ { \"Database_RecID\": { \"type\": \"Numeric\", \"isNullable\": false, \"identityColumn\": true } }, { \"Index_Numb...
  • dax's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hi kbachova , 

    You could save your above code as json file, then try below M code

    let
        Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\gantt.json")),
        #"Parsed JSON" = Json.Document(Source),
        #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(#"Parsed JSON"),
        #"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Converted to Table"),
        #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Transposed Table", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
        #"Expanded row_values" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Promoted Headers", "row_values"),
        #"Extracted Values" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Expanded row_values", {"row_values", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}),
        #"Expanded column_definitions" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Extracted Values", "column_definitions"),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded column_definitions", "Custom", each Record.FieldNames([column_definitions])),
        #"Extracted Values1" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom", {"Custom", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From)), type text}),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Extracted Values1",{"column_definitions"}),
        #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Removed Columns", {"row_values"}, {{"combine", each Text.Combine([Custom], ","), type text}}),
        #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Index", 0, 1),
        #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Added Index", List.Distinct(#"Added Index"[combine]), "combine", "row_values"),
        #"Demoted Headers" = Table.DemoteHeaders(#"Pivoted Column"),
        #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Demoted Headers", "Column2", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Column2.1", "Column2.2", "Column2.3"}),
        #"Promoted Headers1" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Split Column by Delimiter", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
        #"Changed Type2" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers1",{{"Index", Int64.Type}, {"Database_RecID", Int64.Type}, {"Index_Number", Int64.Type}, {"Support_Type", type text}})
    in
        #"Changed Type2"

    Best Regards,
    Zoe Zhi

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