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Anonymous
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Sum multiple columns

Hello everybody,
I have a problem. I have a table with innumerable columns like sales_1, customer_1, sales_2, customer_2, sales 3, customer_3 and so on (it goes to 50) Is it possible to add up all columns with the name "sales_total".

Thanks a lot.

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AlB
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Hi @Anonymous 

You should unpivot all those columns. Then it will be much easier to operate. Check this out:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unpivot-columns-power-query-0f7bad4b-9ea1-49c1-9d95-f5882...

Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs

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AlB
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Anonymous 

You should unpivot all those columns. Then it will be much easier to operate. Check this out:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unpivot-columns-power-query-0f7bad4b-9ea1-49c1-9d95-f5882...

Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving kudos if posts are helpful.

Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs

Cheers 

SU18_powerbi_badge

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