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Anonymous
4 years agoNot applicable
Remove duplicates based on Multiple Columns
Hi there, I have a table with 3 columns in it. Staff, Staff Position, Client. Some staff members can have multiple positions with the same client. Some clients can have multiple staff members as...
- 4 years ago
Hi Anonymous
You could try this method
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcspPUtJR8k3MS0xPLQKy3PPz03NSlWJ1YFIBiUUleehSzhlFmcUo+hxzE6vy88CSjjmpFShyPvnlqcVgqaDKxDwUM6FSsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Staff = _t, #"Staff Position" = _t, Client = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Staff", type text}, {"Staff Position", type text}, {"Client", type text}}), #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Staff", "Client"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}, {"AllData", each _, type table [Staff=nullable text, Staff Position=nullable text, Client=nullable text]}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each if [Count] > 1 then Table.SelectRows([AllData], each [Staff Position] <> "Manager") else [AllData]), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}), #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Staff", "Staff Position", "Client"}, {"Staff", "Staff Position", "Client"}) in #"Expanded Custom"Best Regards,
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v-jingzhang
4 years agoCommunity Support
Hi Anonymous
You could try this method
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcspPUtJR8k3MS0xPLQKy3PPz03NSlWJ1YFIBiUUleehSzhlFmcUo+hxzE6vy88CSjjmpFShyPvnlqcVgqaDKxDwUM6FSsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Staff = _t, #"Staff Position" = _t, Client = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Staff", type text}, {"Staff Position", type text}, {"Client", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Staff", "Client"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}, {"AllData", each _, type table [Staff=nullable text, Staff Position=nullable text, Client=nullable text]}}),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each if [Count] > 1 then Table.SelectRows([AllData], each [Staff Position] <> "Manager") else [AllData]),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Custom"}),
#"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Custom", {"Staff", "Staff Position", "Client"}, {"Staff", "Staff Position", "Client"})
in
#"Expanded Custom"
Best Regards,
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