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Anonymous
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Transformation

Hi,  I am new to PowerBI.  

I want to take Month and Year ( here Jul/Jun 20)  from Row1  in Columns . How is that Possible?

  

S.NONameRankJoining dateStatus20-Jul-2020-Jun-20
1ABCA13-Jul-20Active300300
2CDEA26-Jul-20Active400400

 

 

 

 

 

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nandic
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Resident Rockstar

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

If you would like to convert data from columns Jun-2020 and Jul-2020 into rows so that you could use it in report, below are steps.
In Power Query select these 2 columns and then choose unpivot columns > unpivot selected columns.
This way you will have new column which will contain values for both Jun-2020 and Jul-2020 and you will be able to compare them on the report.
Before unpivot.PNG

Before unpivot - unpivot.PNG

After unpivot.PNG

Cheers,
Nemanja

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Use the Unpivot transform. Make sure not to specify the columns that you actually want to target, as these may change.

 

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUXJ0cgaRIKaxrldpjq6RAYifXJJZlgoSMzCAkrE60UpGQLaziytIAYhphkWDCVgDiIyNBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [S.NO = _t, Name = _t, Rank = _t, #"Joining date" = _t, Status = _t, #"20-Jul-20" = _t, #"20-Jun-20" = _t]),
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"S.NO", "Name", "Rank", "Joining date", "Status"}, "Attribute", "Value")
in
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns"

 

 

 

If stored as date format, add helper column:

=Date.ToText([Joining date],"MMM-yy")

nandic
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

If you would like to convert data from columns Jun-2020 and Jul-2020 into rows so that you could use it in report, below are steps.
In Power Query select these 2 columns and then choose unpivot columns > unpivot selected columns.
This way you will have new column which will contain values for both Jun-2020 and Jul-2020 and you will be able to compare them on the report.
Before unpivot.PNG

Before unpivot - unpivot.PNG

After unpivot.PNG

Cheers,
Nemanja

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