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Hello,
I would like to make a colleague's work easier.
He receives an Excel list every week. He edits this list so that he can then create a pivot from it. I would like to solve what he does manually each time in Power Query.
His work consists of creating a new column in which he enters "Reasons for check".
For example, in one column of the table there are a few rows with "Due date elapsed".
He filters this column for these entries.
He then enters the reason "Due date elapsed" in the "Reasons for checking" column for all remaining rows.
He then removes the filter. To do this, he sets the filter for "Reasons for checking" to "Empty" and then looks for the next column that represents a reason for checking and repeats the process.
At the end, there is a column with "Reasons to check" with various entries. He then uses this column for the pivot.
Can this be automated via PowerQuery?
Thank you for your help.
Michael
Hi @mhStein, yes it is possible. Provide sample (dummy) data in usable format (if you don't know how, read note below my post) and also expecter result based on sample data (this could be a screenshot).
Hello,
Thank you for taking on this matter.
I'll try to have something ready at the weekend.
Greetings
Michael
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