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Select all columns starting with

Hi,   I want to select all the columns starting with a certain name. In this case: alarm. There are 200 columns starting with this -> alarm[001], alarm[002] etc.    I now have:  Select * FROM ta...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Hey,

     

    You can use the following Power M code to filter by rows beginning with "alarm".

     

        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.StartsWith([ColumnName], "alarm"))

    Kind regards,

    Alex

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    Zubair_Muhammad
    7 years ago

    Anonymous 

     

    I created a small illustrative example

    Please see attached file's query editor for steps

     

    First determine the Columns to Select using

     

    =List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type"),each Text.Contains(_,"alarm"))

     Then we can use

     

    = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",ColumnsToSelect)

     

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Zubair_Muhammad
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7 years ago

Anonymous 

 

I created a small illustrative example

Please see attached file's query editor for steps

 

First determine the Columns to Select using

 

=List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type"),each Text.Contains(_,"alarm"))

 Then we can use

 

= Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",ColumnsToSelect)