Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

July 7 - July 17 | Round 2 of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships. Don't miss your chance! Learn more

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Transforming data table

Hi,

 

In PowerBI i have a data Table 1, which needs to be converted a in Table 2.

Is it possible? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Table 1:
Table 1 (from)Table 1 (from)

 

Table 2:
Table 2 (to)Table 2 (to)

 

BR,

Anabn

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
slorin
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

let
Source = Your_Source,
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"ID", "Activity"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
Combine_Columns = Table.CombineColumns(Unpivot,{"Activity", "Attribute"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.None),"Attribute.1"),
Pivot = Table.Pivot(Combine_Columns, List.Distinct(Combine_Columns[Attribute.1]), "Attribute.1", "Value",
each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), " - "))
in
Pivot

Stéphane

View solution in original post

5 REPLIES 5
slorin
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

let
Source = Your_Source,
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"ID", "Activity"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
Combine_Columns = Table.CombineColumns(Unpivot,{"Activity", "Attribute"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.None),"Attribute.1"),
Pivot = Table.Pivot(Combine_Columns, List.Distinct(Combine_Columns[Attribute.1]), "Attribute.1", "Value",
each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), " - "))
in
Pivot

Stéphane

wdx223_Daniel
Community Champion
Community Champion

=Table.Combine(Table.Group(PreviousStepName,"ID",{"n",each let a=List.Skip(Table.ColumnNames(_),2) in #table({"ID"}&List.TransformMany([Activity],each a,(x,y)=>x&"_"&y),{List.Combine(Table.Rows(Table.SelectColumns(_,a)))})})[n])

slorin
Super User
Super User

Hi,

let
Source = Your_Source,
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"ID", "Activity"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
Combine_Columns = Table.CombineColumns(Unpivot,{"Activity", "Attribute"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("_", QuoteStyle.None),"Attribute.1"),
Pivot = Table.Pivot(Combine_Columns, List.Distinct(Combine_Columns[Attribute.1]), "Attribute.1", "Value")
in
Pivot

Stéphane 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi, Thank you 🙂
this worked perfectly fine.
But some values have Error after Pivot, even though it had a proper date format before pivot.
ErrorError

ppm1
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

You could do it by first unpivoting the Date 1, Date 2, and Date 3 columns, create a new column that merges the first column with the new Attribute column (Date 1/2/3), and then pivoting on that new column. However, you should consider just doing the unpivot step only to set your data up for easier analysis (you could always create your design table in a visual as needed).

 

Pat

Microsoft Employee

Helpful resources

Announcements
FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026

FabCon & SQLCon – Barcelona 2026

Join us in Barcelona for FabCon and SQLCon, the Fabric, Power BI, SQL, and AI community event. Save €200 with code FABCMTY200.

60 days of Data Days Carousel

Data Days 2026

Join Fabric Data Days 2026: 60 days of free live/on-demand sessions, challenges, study groups, and certification opportunities.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.