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raj777karthik
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To combine multiple rows of id into single cell

In Power query i have an ID whose description is very long and so it is taking as three records for single id.I need to bring them as single row with all its description .

= Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ID"}, {{"Count", each Text.Combine([Merged],";"), type text}})

ID     Desc     length(Desc)

1       abc...      652

1       xyz...       4096

1       pqr...       4096

As per google i have used  group by using id and in query editor  i have used text.combine as well .But still it didnt work.

ID     Desc     length(Desc)

1       abc...      652

Im getting this result now...

 

My output shold be

ID   Desc

1    abcxyzpqr.......

 

Length i have included as example

 

PLease suggest any idea 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

try this

 

let
    comb=(desc)=> Text.Combine(desc,"#-#"),


    Origine = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [id = _t, desc = _t]),
    #"Raggruppate righe" = Table.Group(Origine, {"id"}, {{"all", each comb(_[desc])}}),
    #"Aggiunta colonna personalizzata" = Table.AddColumn(#"Raggruppate righe", "len", each Text.Length([all]))
in
    #"Aggiunta colonna personalizzata"

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Anonymous
Not applicable

try this

 

let
    comb=(desc)=> Text.Combine(desc,"#-#"),


    Origine = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [id = _t, desc = _t]),
    #"Raggruppate righe" = Table.Group(Origine, {"id"}, {{"all", each comb(_[desc])}}),
    #"Aggiunta colonna personalizzata" = Table.AddColumn(#"Raggruppate righe", "len", each Text.Length([all]))
in
    #"Aggiunta colonna personalizzata"

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