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Power Query - Get distinct columns based on Rank Column

Hi All I am stuck in a scenario where i have assigned ranking to different Types. Data contains repeated types values and i would like to get only 3 of these values in the result. If 3 does not ...
  • BA_Pete's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    The following code should work for both scenarios. It uses two Group Bys to bundle up the [ID Type]s first, then to create the value lists:

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8slMTs1LTlXSUTI0MjYxBdKOTs4gnlKsDrKsmbmFpQGQdnF1g8sGJBYXF+QXlQAFTEzNgGREZBSQNAJL+pdkpBYBecbGxkAysTg1HcRRio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID_Type = _t, ID_Num = _t, ID_Issuer = _t, Ranking = _t]),
        
        groupIdType = Table.Group(
            Source,
            {"ID_Type"},
            {
                {"ID_Num", each List.First([ID_Num]), type nullable text},
                {"ID_Issuer", each List.First([ID_Issuer]), type nullable text},
                {"Ranking", each List.First([Ranking]), type nullable text}
            }
        ),
        addGroupColumn = Table.AddColumn(groupIdType, "GroupColumn", each "Group Me"),
        groupGroupColumn = Table.Group(
            addGroupColumn,
            {"GroupColumn"},
            {
                {"ID_Type", each Text.Combine(List.Distinct([ID_Type]), ";"), type nullable text},
                {"ID_Num", each Text.Combine(List.Distinct([ID_Num]), ";"), type nullable text},
                {"ID_Issuer", each Text.Combine(List.Distinct([ID_Issuer]), ";"), type nullable text},
                {"Ranking", each Text.Combine(List.Distinct([Ranking]), ";"), type nullable text}
            }
        )
    in
        groupGroupColumn

     

    It changes this:

     

    ...to this:

     

     

    Pete