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Is-Jacko
3 years agoNew Member
Transforming rows from form to 2 columns with duplicated value
Hello
Im very new to Power Query so I'm sorry if this is silly.
I have a form that outputs data like this:
Is there an easy way for me to transform that data to look like this?
Thank you
Hi Is-Jacko
Yes, you only need to unpivot columns on the Power Query Editor. To do so, you select all the columns except "Outer number" and go to Transform > Unpivot
Then you will obtain:
So, you remove the column you don't need:
And rename column Value:
Here you have the code:
let Origen = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\example.xlsx"), null, true), Hoja1_Sheet = Origen{[Item="Hoja3",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Encabezados promovidos" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Hoja1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Otras columnas con anulación de dinamización" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Encabezados promovidos", {"Outer num"}, "Atributo", "Valor"), #"Columnas quitadas" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Otras columnas con anulación de dinamización",{"Atributo"}), #"Columnas con nombre cambiado" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Columnas quitadas",{{"Valor", "Sample"}}) in #"Columnas con nombre cambiado"
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- mlsx4
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Hi Is-Jacko
Yes, you only need to unpivot columns on the Power Query Editor. To do so, you select all the columns except "Outer number" and go to Transform > Unpivot
Then you will obtain:
So, you remove the column you don't need:
And rename column Value:
Here you have the code:
let Origen = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\example.xlsx"), null, true), Hoja1_Sheet = Origen{[Item="Hoja3",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Encabezados promovidos" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Hoja1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Otras columnas con anulación de dinamización" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Encabezados promovidos", {"Outer num"}, "Atributo", "Valor"), #"Columnas quitadas" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Otras columnas con anulación de dinamización",{"Atributo"}), #"Columnas con nombre cambiado" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Columnas quitadas",{{"Valor", "Sample"}}) in #"Columnas con nombre cambiado" - mussaenda
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