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Transforming Columns with specific values
- 4 years ago
If I understand correctly, you can try the following:
- Use the List.Generate function to generate the basis for your new columns
- After creating the table, with the proper dates and prices in the columns,
- Transform the Date column into text in the format you specify
- Set the data types for the Date and Price column appropriately.
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("NcjBCQAgDAPAXfqW1kSFOIu4/xoW0XveWgZGQ7ASVmyqu2C75L9mNupornGfQf0X6T17Hw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Date = _t, Price = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type date}, {"Price", type number}}), newCols=List.Generate( ()=>[d=Date.StartOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()), p=List.Last(#"Changed Type"[Price]), idx=0], each [idx]<Table.RowCount(#"Changed Type"), each [d=Date.AddMonths([d],1), p=List.Last(#"Changed Type"[Price]), idx=[idx]+1], each {[d],[p]}), newTbl = Table.FromRecords( List.Transform(newCols, each Record.FromList(_,{"Date","Price"}))), #"Date to Text" = Table.TransformColumns(newTbl, {"Date", each DateTime.ToText(_,"MM/dd/yyyy")}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Date to Text", { {"Date", type text},{"Price", Currency.Type} }) in #"Changed Type1"Original Table
Results
Can you also tell us the expected output for these two cases? In second case, will 4th & 5th be replaced by 6th row and so on?
The expected output is overwritten values in both cases
- PC27904 years agoCommunity Champion
Do you want the next two columns in the two respective rows to be replaced by 1st value of the column?
How does your data look like?
Do you have only three rows which are expected to have fixed values?
- Anonymous4 years agoNot applicable
in the Price column,the last value should be used to replace the first two.
In the dates column,the following should happen:
*The first value should be replaced with :
=Text.From(Date.From(Date.StartOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow())))which will return a value of type text ,
the next two values with similar code.
I would like this to happen without adding new columns,so directly overwriting the column values
- PC27904 years agoCommunity Champion
Try this:
= Table.ReplaceValue(Source,each [Date],Text.From(Date.From(Date.StartOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()))),Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Date"})