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howeixiong
Regular Visitor

Transpose every 5 rows into Column

Hi there,

I am writing in to seek guidance.

I would like to perform the following.

Before:

Screenshot 2024-09-19 at 11.01.10 AM.png

Result:

Screenshot 2024-09-19 at 11.00.42 AM.png

Thank you

4 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
m_dekorte
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong,

Give this a go:

let
    Source = YourTable,
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Source, {"FieldDescription"}, {{"temp", each _[Value] }}),
    NewTable = Table.FromColumns( GroupedRows[temp], GroupedRows[FieldDescription] )
in
    NewTable

I hope this is helpful

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slorin
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong 

Another solution

 

let
Source = Your_Source,
IntergerDivide = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Index", each Number.IntegerDivide(_, 5), Int64.Type}}),
Pivot = Table.Pivot(IntergerDivide, List.Distinct(IntergerDivide[FieldDescription]), "FieldDescription", "Value"),
Remove_Index = Table.RemoveColumns(Pivot,{"Index"})
in
Remove_Index

Stéphane 

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Omid_Motamedise
Super User
Super User

You can solve this problem in different way one is splitting the table every 5 rows as the below code

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Vc+3DcAwDETRVQzWKpRDKYcN3BHafw3TZxCgCxX3ig+KmTw5mvLOec8t0HJMQeauFEFR5qGUQOmdShmUZV5KBVRsvoKqzTdQs/kO6jY/QMPmg/9u/d8vH1gP", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [index = _t, #"field description" = _t, value = _t]),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.Combine(List.Transform(Table.Split(Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"index"}),5),each Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.Transpose(_))))
in
    #"Removed Columns"

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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong, another solution:

similar to @AlienSx, but handles null values if needed

 

Output

dufoq3_0-1726748787901.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Vc+3DcAwDETRVQzWKpRDKYcN3BHafw3TZxCgCxX3ig+KmTw5mvLOec8t0HJMQeauFEFR5qGUQOmdShmUZV5KBVRsvoKqzTdQs/kO6jY/QMPmg/9u/d8vH1gP", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Index = _t, FieldDescription = _t, Value = _t]),
    Transformed = [ a = List.Buffer(Source[Value]),
    b = List.Split({0..Table.RowCount(Source)-1}, 5),
    c = List.TransformMany(b, each {List.Transform(_, (x)=> a{x})}, (x,y)=> if List.Count(y) = 5 then y else y & List.Repeat({null}, 5 - List.Count(y)) ),
    d = #table(List.FirstN(Source[FieldDescription], 5), c )
  ][d]
in
    Transformed

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Can't you just remove the index, then use the Pivot GUI, using FieldDescription as the pivot column and Values as the values, choosing "Do Not Aggregate"? Seems like the solutions above depend on there being exactly 5 unique values in FieldDescription.

 

--Nate

dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong, another solution:

similar to @AlienSx, but handles null values if needed

 

Output

dufoq3_0-1726748787901.png

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Vc+3DcAwDETRVQzWKpRDKYcN3BHafw3TZxCgCxX3ig+KmTw5mvLOec8t0HJMQeauFEFR5qGUQOmdShmUZV5KBVRsvoKqzTdQs/kO6jY/QMPmg/9u/d8vH1gP", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Index = _t, FieldDescription = _t, Value = _t]),
    Transformed = [ a = List.Buffer(Source[Value]),
    b = List.Split({0..Table.RowCount(Source)-1}, 5),
    c = List.TransformMany(b, each {List.Transform(_, (x)=> a{x})}, (x,y)=> if List.Count(y) = 5 then y else y & List.Repeat({null}, 5 - List.Count(y)) ),
    d = #table(List.FirstN(Source[FieldDescription], 5), c )
  ][d]
in
    Transformed

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

AlienSx
Super User
Super User

#table(List.FirstN(Source[FieldDescription], 5), List.Split(Source[Value], 5))
Omid_Motamedise
Super User
Super User

You can solve this problem in different way one is splitting the table every 5 rows as the below code

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Vc+3DcAwDETRVQzWKpRDKYcN3BHafw3TZxCgCxX3ig+KmTw5mvLOec8t0HJMQeauFEFR5qGUQOmdShmUZV5KBVRsvoKqzTdQs/kO6jY/QMPmg/9u/d8vH1gP", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [index = _t, #"field description" = _t, value = _t]),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.Combine(List.Transform(Table.Split(Table.RemoveColumns(Source,{"index"}),5),each Table.PromoteHeaders(Table.Transpose(_))))
in
    #"Removed Columns"
slorin
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong 

Another solution

 

let
Source = Your_Source,
IntergerDivide = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Index", each Number.IntegerDivide(_, 5), Int64.Type}}),
Pivot = Table.Pivot(IntergerDivide, List.Distinct(IntergerDivide[FieldDescription]), "FieldDescription", "Value"),
Remove_Index = Table.RemoveColumns(Pivot,{"Index"})
in
Remove_Index

Stéphane 

m_dekorte
Super User
Super User

Hi @howeixiong,

Give this a go:

let
    Source = YourTable,
    GroupedRows = Table.Group(Source, {"FieldDescription"}, {{"temp", each _[Value] }}),
    NewTable = Table.FromColumns( GroupedRows[temp], GroupedRows[FieldDescription] )
in
    NewTable

I hope this is helpful

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