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Hi there,
I have a data source that appends my SQL by 4 rows every day. How to transpose every 4 rows into columns?
A | 1 | 2 |
B | 3 | 4 |
C | 5 | 6 |
D | 7 | 8 |
A | 9 | 10 |
B | 11 | 12 |
C | 13 | 14 |
D | 15 | 16 |
My expected result would be
A | B | C | D |
1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
9 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
Here is what i have been doing
=Table.FromRows(List.Split(data[column1],4))
However, I can only get A B C D rows repeated for 2 rows. Any way to get the rest data inside?
Really appreciate your help
Thanks
Solved! Go to Solution.
Here's one way to do it in the query editor. To see how it works, just create a blank query, open the Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the M code below.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("PYy5EcAwDMN2Ye0idJyvzLOFzvuvEVKFCtyRBRCBGw0UHbMFHq1VjHyv1ib2fJ/WIc589i67S4l0h71UusRRMt2iYvMH", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Column1"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Unpivoted Other Columns",{"Attribute"}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Buffer(Table.Sort(#"Removed Columns",{{"Column1", Order.Ascending}})),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Sorted Rows", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Calculated Modulo" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Index", {{"Index", each Number.Mod(_, 4), type number}}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Calculated Modulo", List.Distinct(#"Calculated Modulo"[Column1]), "Column1", "Value"),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Index"})
in
#"Removed Columns1"
Pat
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Hi Sir,
Do appreaciate your help , maybe i am just stupid. It doesnt work on my case. I am stuck with it for 3 days. If you really dont mind, would you help me my case? i redo all the step, but what i got is error while i tried to pivot it back with value. (2nd last step)
I would be very happy if you help me with it. Thanks
In my case, i will have new 8 rows every day
Here's one way to do it in the query editor. To see how it works, just create a blank query, open the Advanced Editor and replace the text there with the M code below.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("PYy5EcAwDMN2Ye0idJyvzLOFzvuvEVKFCtyRBRCBGw0UHbMFHq1VjHyv1ib2fJ/WIc589i67S4l0h71UusRRMt2iYvMH", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t]),
#"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Column1"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
#"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Unpivoted Other Columns",{"Attribute"}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Buffer(Table.Sort(#"Removed Columns",{{"Column1", Order.Ascending}})),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(#"Sorted Rows", "Index", 0, 1, Int64.Type),
#"Calculated Modulo" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Index", {{"Index", each Number.Mod(_, 4), type number}}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Calculated Modulo", List.Distinct(#"Calculated Modulo"[Column1]), "Column1", "Value"),
#"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Pivoted Column",{"Index"})
in
#"Removed Columns1"
Pat
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Hi,
is it possible to tweak to code for other datasets with different "n" values. I tried altering the dataset to see if it works but unfortunately it does not work.
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