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wayland
2 years agoRegular Visitor
Select a column based on a variable
Hi everyone! I have been struggulling with the database at work and need some help. My date base consists in a table with a column named after days of the year and if the system is operative or i...
- 2 years ago
Hi wayland, at step Parameter you can choose column.
Is this what you want?
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUfIPQCJidaKVnGB8Tz8EBZJwxqbaBZdqV6wSsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [System = _t, #"10/01" = _t, #"11/01" = _t, #"12/01" = _t]), Parameter = "12/01", StepBack = Source, RemovedOtherColumns = Table.SelectColumns(StepBack,{"System", Parameter}) in RemovedOtherColumns
dufoq3
2 years agoCommunity Champion
Hi wayland, at step Parameter you can choose column.
Is this what you want?
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUfIPQCJidaKVnGB8Tz8EBZJwxqbaBZdqV6wSsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [System = _t, #"10/01" = _t, #"11/01" = _t, #"12/01" = _t]),
Parameter = "12/01",
StepBack = Source,
RemovedOtherColumns = Table.SelectColumns(StepBack,{"System", Parameter})
in
RemovedOtherColumns