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List columns simultaneous expansion
Hello Community,
First of all, I hope all of and your families are safe during this period.
I would appreciated it if you could help me with the below task.
I have a table that includes two list columns.
After expanding the Lists, I get the below result.
I want to expand the "Year" column and then, to expand the "Count" column in such a way that it will result in something like the below table (the "Count" column will include the correct value per "Year" per "Ref").
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Kind regards,
George
Hello Anonymous
check out this solution. It adds a new column to your data, creating a table out of your year and count column. After that the list-columns are deleted and the new table expanded
let Source = #table({"Ref", "Year", "Count"}, {{"181", {"2019", "2020"}, {"50000", "34000"}},{"182", {"2019", "2020"}, {"50000000", "34000000"}}}), AddTable = Table.AddColumn ( Source, "TableYearCount", each Table.FromColumns({_[Year], _[Count]}, {"Year","Count"}), type table ), RemoveYearCount = Table.RemoveColumns(AddTable,{"Year", "Count"}), ExpandYearCount = Table.ExpandTableColumn(RemoveYearCount, "TableYearCount", {"Year", "Count"}, {"Year", "Count"}) in ExpandYearCountCopy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.
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Jimmy
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- Jimmy801Community Champion
Hello Anonymous
check out this solution. It adds a new column to your data, creating a table out of your year and count column. After that the list-columns are deleted and the new table expanded
let Source = #table({"Ref", "Year", "Count"}, {{"181", {"2019", "2020"}, {"50000", "34000"}},{"182", {"2019", "2020"}, {"50000000", "34000000"}}}), AddTable = Table.AddColumn ( Source, "TableYearCount", each Table.FromColumns({_[Year], _[Count]}, {"Year","Count"}), type table ), RemoveYearCount = Table.RemoveColumns(AddTable,{"Year", "Count"}), ExpandYearCount = Table.ExpandTableColumn(RemoveYearCount, "TableYearCount", {"Year", "Count"}, {"Year", "Count"}) in ExpandYearCountCopy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.
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Jimmy- AnonymousNot applicable
Thank you Jimmy,
This worked just fine!!!
The code I used is
= Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns", "TableYearCount",each Table.FromColumns({_[Year],_[Count]},{"Year","Count"}),type table)
, where #"Renamed Columns" is the previous applied step.
It also took me a while to figure out that in order for this to work, the lists must not be expanded.
Kind regards,
George
- FowmySuper User
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- AnonymousNot applicable
Hello Fowmy,
Please see below.
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Av7SCtwcEG01lDA24NLYjLOY91Ne?e=XVyz8g
IdYearCount
181 2019:2020 50000:34000 182 2019:2020 1000000:2500000 205 2020:2020 350000:435000 264 2019:2020 55000:220000 382 2019:2020 15000:185000 406 2021:2022:2023:2024 141252: 306251: 306251: 306251 559 2021:2022:2023 90000:148000:187000 Thank you,
George