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Finally gave up looking for examples to learn from, and decided to post my first question to the community.
Hello, i have a table similar to this:
Row# Col A Col B
1 A1 B1
2 A1 B2
3 A1 B3
4 A2 B2
5 A2 B3
6 A3 B1
7 A3 B3
I would like to remove duplicates on Col A such that -- whenever Col B = B1, I want to keep that row. So between rows 1, 2 and 3, I would like to keep row 1. Between rows 6 and 7, I will keep row 6.
When Col A has duplicated and Col B doesn't have any B1 (a specific value), I don't care which row I keep as long as I keep only one. So between rows 4 and 5, I could keep either, doesn't matter.
My resulting table should look like this:
Row# Col A Col B
1 A1 B1
4 A2 B2
6 A3 B1
OR
Row# Col A Col B
1 A1 B1
5 A2 B3
6 A3 B1
(as i said above, rows 4 and 5 mean the same to me)
Can anyone help out please?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Thanks Zubair. Sorry I didn't specify that B1 in my data could appear on any row -- not necessarily on the first row all the time. That makes the remove duplicates function not suitable for my requirement.
I got help from a colleague and ended up learning a bit of M to get the job done. My code looks something like this:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"B1 rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Col B] = "B1")), {"Col A"}),
#"A1 list" = Table.Column(#"B1 rows", "Col A"),
#"Non B1 Rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(#"Table 1", each not List.Contains(#"A1 list", [DNS])), {"Col A"}),
#"Appended Query" = Table.Combine({#"B1 rows", #"Non B1 Rows"})
in
#"Appended Query"
The exception join (not List.Contains) must not be efficient because my query runs 10 minutes or longer. But it gets the job done, and that's what i care about.
If your data is sorted (as in your sample data) i.e. B1 is the first row for each unique ColA item
you simple have to select Col A>>right click>>remove duplicates
Thanks Zubair. Sorry I didn't specify that B1 in my data could appear on any row -- not necessarily on the first row all the time. That makes the remove duplicates function not suitable for my requirement.
I got help from a colleague and ended up learning a bit of M to get the job done. My code looks something like this:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"B1 rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Col B] = "B1")), {"Col A"}),
#"A1 list" = Table.Column(#"B1 rows", "Col A"),
#"Non B1 Rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(#"Table 1", each not List.Contains(#"A1 list", [DNS])), {"Col A"}),
#"Appended Query" = Table.Combine({#"B1 rows", #"Non B1 Rows"})
in
#"Appended Query"
The exception join (not List.Contains) must not be efficient because my query runs 10 minutes or longer. But it gets the job done, and that's what i care about.
Thanks Zubair. Sorry I didn't specify that B1 in my data could appear on any row -- not necessarily on the first row all the time. That makes the remove duplicates function is not suitable for my requirement.
I got help from a colleague and ended up learning a bit of M to get the job done. My code looks something like this:
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"B1 rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Col B] = "B1")), {"Col A"}),
#"A1 list" = Table.Column(#"B1 rows", "Col A"),
#"Non B1 Rows" = Table.Distinct(Table.SelectRows(#"Table 1", each not List.Contains(#"A1 list", [DNS])), {"Col A"}),
#"Appended Query" = Table.Combine({#"B1 rows", #"Non B1 Rows"})
in
#"Appended Query"
The exception join (not List.Contains) must not be efficient because my query runs 10 minutes or longer. But it gets the job done, and that's what i care about.
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