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Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Merging an unknown number of columns
Hello, I am using Jira CSV data that I query directly from the Web. In this data, comments are added as new columns depending on the number of comments. So if a record has 2 comments, there will b...
- 6 years ago
Hi Anonymous
Please see the attached file with a solution
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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Jimmy801
Community Champion
6 years agoHello Anonymous ,
this would be a solution thats its really dynamic
let
Source = #table
(
{"Comment","xy","zz","test"},
{
{"abc","f","500","5"}, {"a","c","200","3"}, {"o","d","",""}
}
),
ChangeType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"zz", Int64.Type}}),
ToRows= Table.ToRows
(
ChangeType
),
Transform = List.Transform
(
ToRows,
(transform)=> Text.Combine(List.Select( List.Transform(transform, (transform1)=> Text.From(transform1)), each _ <> ""), ", ")
),
Combine = Table.FromColumns
(
Table.ToColumns(ChangeType)&{Transform},
Table.ColumnNames(ChangeType)&{"Concatenating"}
)
in
Combine
Copy paste this code to the advanced editor to see how the solution works. If this solution fits your need, copy and past a part of it and implement it in your query, or I could create a custom function what makes it easier to apply if you are not used that much to power query.
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Have fun
Jimmy