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Till__
Helper I
Helper I

Renaming multiple Headers

Dear all, 

 

I have multiple Headers which contain an ID before some text occurs. For example like in the table below.

EF-1.1.1) Text1EF-1.1.2) Text 2EF-2.1.1) Text 3  

 

Is there a way to rename all headers by deleting the text? My idea is to work with a list contains EF- code and then to split at the first bracket and deleting the rest of the text so that my end reslut looks like that: 

EF-1.1.1) EF-1.1.2) EF-2.1.1)

 

 

Thank you in advance! 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

 

Okay, try this as a custom step instead:

 

Table.RenameColumns(
    previousStepName,
    List.Transform(
        Table.ColumnNames(previousStepName),
        each {_, if Text.StartsWith(_, "EF") then Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")") else _}
    )
)

 

Working example query:

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSlTSUUoC4mQgTgHiVKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"EF-1.1.1) Some text" = _t, #"EF-1.1.2) Some Words" = _t, #"EF-2.1.1) Some Writing" = _t, #"AB-1.1.1) Some Stuff" = _t, #"TT-1.1.1) Blah Blah" = _t]),
    
    Custom2 =
    Table.RenameColumns(
        Source,
        List.Transform(
            Table.ColumnNames(Source),
            each {_, if Text.StartsWith(_, "EF") then Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")") else _}
        )
    )
    
in
    Custom2

 

Example output:BA_Pete_0-1674038407272.png

 

Pete



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Till__
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you so much, this works perfectly! 

BA_Pete
Super User
Super User

Hi @Till__ ,

 

You can use the following as a custom step:

= Table.TransformColumnNames(previousStepName, each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")"))

 

Working example query:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSlTSUUoC4mSl2FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"EF-1.1.1) Some text" = _t, #"EF-1.1.2) Some Words" = _t, #"EF-2.1.1) Some Writing" = _t]),
    Custom1 = Table.TransformColumnNames(Source, each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")"))
in
    Custom1

 

Example output:

BA_Pete_0-1673876202785.png

 

Pete



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Dear @BA_Pete, I want to do this only for columns which include the name "EF-"

 

I was trying to do this with the following code but this did not work out... Do you have an idea? 


= Table.TransformColumnNames(#"Erweiterte Tabellenspalte1", each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")",List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Erweiterte Tabellenspalte1"), each Text.Contains(_, "EF-"))))

 

Okay, try this as a custom step instead:

 

Table.RenameColumns(
    previousStepName,
    List.Transform(
        Table.ColumnNames(previousStepName),
        each {_, if Text.StartsWith(_, "EF") then Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")") else _}
    )
)

 

Working example query:

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSlTSUUoC4mQgTgHiVKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"EF-1.1.1) Some text" = _t, #"EF-1.1.2) Some Words" = _t, #"EF-2.1.1) Some Writing" = _t, #"AB-1.1.1) Some Stuff" = _t, #"TT-1.1.1) Blah Blah" = _t]),
    
    Custom2 =
    Table.RenameColumns(
        Source,
        List.Transform(
            Table.ColumnNames(Source),
            each {_, if Text.StartsWith(_, "EF") then Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ")") else _}
        )
    )
    
in
    Custom2

 

Example output:BA_Pete_0-1674038407272.png

 

Pete



Now accepting Kudos! If my post helped you, why not give it a thumbs-up?

Proud to be a Datanaut!




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