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2 years ago
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Json format of each record

Hi all, I have a csv file with a huge number of records, when loaded into powe query, I need to add a new custom column that contains the json representation of each record as follows : col1, c...
  • BA_Pete's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Try this example query by pasting into a new blank query in Advanced Editor:

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTIE4mSlWJ1oJScgywiIU5RiYwE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Col1 = _t, Col2 = _t, Col3 = _t]),
        
        addJson =
        Table.AddColumn(
            Source,
            "json",
            each Text.FromBinary(
                Json.FromValue(
                    [
                        [Col1],
                        [Col2],
                        [Col3]
                    ]
                )
            )
        )
        
    in
        addJson

     

     

    Example query output:

     

    To add as a custom column to your existing query, just use this bit of the code in the column formula:

     

    Text.FromBinary(
        Json.FromValue(
            [
                [Col1],
                [Col2],
                [Col3]
            ]
        )
    )

     

     

    Pete