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pudel
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Restructure table: create row entries based on column value

I'm trying to create a revenue reporting for multiple stores.

The source data is queried from a web-api for each store seperately and structured like:

DateInvoice#CustomerPayMethodTotalserviceCat1serviceCat2prodCat1prodCat2
01.01.20221Acash1000200 800 
01.01.20222Bcc25   25
02.01.20223Cpaypall333.5  233.5100
02.01.20224Dcash666 666  

How can I bring that into a form that I have the product/service categories in a "category" and the corresponding value in a "amount" column -> creating additional rows if multiple categories are used for one original entry like:

DateInvoice#CustomerPayMethodCategoryAmount
01.01.20221AcashserviceCat1200
01.01.20221AcashprodCat1800
01.01.20222BccprodCat225
02.01.20223CpaypallprodCat1233.5
02.01.20223CpaypallprodCat2100
02.01.20224DcashserviceCat2666

...so I can create a report that is filterable by "category".

Some shops have 20+ "categories", so filtering each column by !=NULL and then appending the 20+ resolving seperate tables isn't really an option given the >10 shops...

 

Any help/hints is highly apprechiated!

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HotChilli
Super User
Super User

Select the columns from Date to Total.  Right-click the header and choose Unpivot Other Columns.

I think that'll work.  Let me know how you get on.

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v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @pudel 

 

Have you tried @HotChilli 's method? That should work. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions. 

 

Here are documents for your reference.

Unpivot columns | Microsoft Docs

Pivot and Unpivot with Power BI - RADACAD

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing

HotChilli
Super User
Super User

Select the columns from Date to Total.  Right-click the header and choose Unpivot Other Columns.

I think that'll work.  Let me know how you get on.

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