Splitting column

[Anonymous]

Hello!

I need help please. I dont know how can I get what I need. I have this table:

Order	Product Category
1	Sport
1	Fashion
2	Food
2	Sport

I need to split the second column (Product Category) so I have this result:

Order	Product Category 1	Product Category 2
1	Sport	Fashion
2	Food	Sport

I tried crating a new column from example but it does not work.

The idea is to check the patterns of mix between the orders. Thanks for your help!

Kind regards

[ImkeF · Accepted solution]

1) Duplicate "Order"-column

2) Pivot on that new column with "Product Category" as Values-column. Adjust aggregation settings to "no aggregation"

[dax · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous , 

You could try below M code to se whether it work or not

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQouyC8qUYrVgfDcEoszMvPzwHwjED8/PwXOgSqNBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Order = _t, #"Product Category" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Order", Int64.Type}, {"Product Category", type text}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Order"}, {{"Product Category", each Text.Combine([Product Category], ","), type text}}),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Product Category", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Product Category.1", "Product Category.2"}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Product Category.1", type text}, {"Product Category.2", type text}})
in
    #"Changed Type1"

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Similar to this:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Duplicated-rows-to-columns/m-p/1013664#M34490

Kind regards,

JB

[dax · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous , 

You could try below M code to se whether it work or not

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQouyC8qUYrVgfDcEoszMvPzwHwjED8/PwXOgSqNBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Order = _t, #"Product Category" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Order", Int64.Type}, {"Product Category", type text}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Order"}, {{"Product Category", each Text.Combine([Product Category], ","), type text}}),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Product Category", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"Product Category.1", "Product Category.2"}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"Product Category.1", type text}, {"Product Category.2", type text}})
in
    #"Changed Type1"

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[ImkeF · Accepted solution]

1) Duplicate "Order"-column

2) Pivot on that new column with "Product Category" as Values-column. Adjust aggregation settings to "no aggregation"