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Rygar
Helper II
Helper II

Naming existing Columns 1 to N

Hello!

 

for Example, in a six Column table I would like to name these Columns from 1 to 6 or from c1 to c6 or something like that.

I can not use rename (old name=>new name), because I have multiple tables with totaly different Column names. But the order of the columns is always same (date, product, price, ... ....) 

My goal is to append all the tables together.

 

My Question: can I Name (not rename) columns by Numers 1 to N or by using a predefined List of Names or something else?

 

Thanks, Michael

 

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

I think you can do a dynamic rename using Table.ColumnNames.

 

For example,

let
    Source = Table.FromRows({{"a","b","c","d","e"}}),
    CurrentColumnNames = Table.ColumnNames(Source),
    NewColumnNames = List.Transform({1..List.Count(CurrentColumnNames)}, Number.ToText),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(Source, List.Zip({CurrentColumnNames, NewColumnNames}))
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

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Rygar
Helper II
Helper II

Really good, thanks a lot!

AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

I think you can do a dynamic rename using Table.ColumnNames.

 

For example,

let
    Source = Table.FromRows({{"a","b","c","d","e"}}),
    CurrentColumnNames = Table.ColumnNames(Source),
    NewColumnNames = List.Transform({1..List.Count(CurrentColumnNames)}, Number.ToText),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(Source, List.Zip({CurrentColumnNames, NewColumnNames}))
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

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