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IAM
Helper III
Helper III

Power Query: Duplicate rows with multiple names

Hello,

 

Is it somehow possible to do the following in Power Bi Query:

 

 

When I have a project, with different people, can I extract it to multiple lines?

 

So for example:

NamesProjectDateHours
David, RichardProject X14-jul16

 

When I work with these names on an x-axis I will see 'David, Richard' as one name, but I want one line

of 8 hours for David and one line of 8 hours for Richard.

 

Names are always comma separated.

 

Is it possible to make two rows from this when I load the Excel file in Power BI?

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KT_Bsmart2gethe
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Hi @IAM ,

 

See below outcome:

KT_Bsmart2gethe_0-1657802871523.png

 

Simple 3 transformation steps:

1. Add a custom column and add formula below to split the name by ", " and return as a list:

Text.Split([Names],", ")

 

2. Expand the list to new rows

KT_Bsmart2gethe_2-1657803063696.png

 

3. Add a custom column to split the hour equally with formula below:

[Hours]/List.Count(Text.Split([Names],", "))

 

Regards

KT

 

 

 

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IAM
Helper III
Helper III

Woww thanks!!!

 

ronrsnfld
Super User
Super User

  • Right-click on the column
  • Split column => by delimiter
  • Select "comma", "advanced", "rows"

ronrsnfld_0-1657817575046.png

 

 

KT_Bsmart2gethe
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Hi @IAM ,

 

See below outcome:

KT_Bsmart2gethe_0-1657802871523.png

 

Simple 3 transformation steps:

1. Add a custom column and add formula below to split the name by ", " and return as a list:

Text.Split([Names],", ")

 

2. Expand the list to new rows

KT_Bsmart2gethe_2-1657803063696.png

 

3. Add a custom column to split the hour equally with formula below:

[Hours]/List.Count(Text.Split([Names],", "))

 

Regards

KT

 

 

 

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