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rpalardy
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Split one column with multiple rows into multiple colunms and rows

I have one column of data with multiple rows, shown below.  What I need to do is create 6 columns and split the data out.  See second image.  

 

What I have today 

rpalardy_0-1712067634352.png

What I need

rpalardy_1-1712067689577.png

 

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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @rpalardy,

 

Result:

dufoq3_0-1712068303093.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8g1RitUBUpk5+UU6CiEZmYl56WCRklyQEJjpWlEAZKZCODmJeiV5JXrJ+blgrpejn4KhsY6CkYERkDQ0tDI1U3D0BUuBCXdniBGZGSWl6ToKzkWVxSWZqWCx5FSwIKYVeVisMIJZYWxlYqoQgGRDsCuYckxJzM0sztBRcC3KTE6EGJoIEcO0IbEAwwZTuB+sTC3BXogFAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Column1] <> "")),
    Transformed = Table.FromRows(List.Split(List.Transform(Table.ToList(FilteredRows), (x)=> Text.Remove(x, """")),6), {"Initials", "Name", "email", "user type", "appendix", "date"})
in
    Transformed

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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @rpalardy,

 

Result:

dufoq3_0-1712068303093.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8g1RitUBUpk5+UU6CiEZmYl56WCRklyQEJjpWlEAZKZCODmJeiV5JXrJ+blgrpejn4KhsY6CkYERkDQ0tDI1U3D0BUuBCXdniBGZGSWl6ToKzkWVxSWZqWCx5FSwIKYVeVisMIJZYWxlYqoQgGRDsCuYckxJzM0sztBRcC3KTE6EGJoIEcO0IbEAwwZTuB+sTC3BXogFAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Column1] <> "")),
    Transformed = Table.FromRows(List.Split(List.Transform(Table.ToList(FilteredRows), (x)=> Text.Remove(x, """")),6), {"Initials", "Name", "email", "user type", "appendix", "date"})
in
    Transformed

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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