Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
Register now!Vote for your favorite vizzies from the Power BI Dataviz World Championship submissions. Vote now!
Dear All
I would like to know if the following is possible?
I would have a large set of data and the number of columns depends on the no. of rows the data appears.
Some can be 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 columns.
Thank you in advance!
| Data | |
| Unique Reference | Column 2 |
| 2404124231223097 | TMPN |
| 2404124231223097 | 3770808102FS |
| 2404124231223080 | 9135793102FS |
| 2404124231223085 | REPAYMENT |
| 2404124231223085 | /BOOK |
| 2404124231223085 | 3254675102FS |
| 2404124231223084 | USD10 |
| 2404124231223084 | REPAYMENT |
| 2404124231223084 | 039190 |
| 2404124231223084 | 1447267102FS |
| 2404124231223094 | BORROWING |
| 2404124231223094 | //BASE |
| 2404124231223094 | 5971952102FS |
| 2404124231223094 | /ACC |
| 2404124231223094 | 00005ILC240004 |
| Result | |||||
| Unique Reference | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| 2404124231223097 | TMPN | 3770808102FS | |||
| 2404124231223080 | 9135793102FS | ||||
| 2404124231223085 | REPAYMENT | /BOOK | 3254675102FS | ||
| 2404124231223084 | USD10 | REPAYMENT | 039190 | 1447267102FS | |
| 2404124231223094 | BORROWING | //BASE | 5971952102FS | /ACC | 00005ILC240004 |
Solved! Go to Solution.
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table3"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Unique Reference", type text}, {"Column 2", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Unique Reference"}, {
{"Records", each Record.FromList([Column 2], List.Transform(List.Numbers(1, List.Count([Column 2])), each "Column " & Text.From(_))) }}),
#"Col Names" = List.Sort(List.Distinct(List.Accumulate(
#"Grouped Rows"[Records],
{},
(s,c)=>s & Record.FieldNames(c)
))),
#"Expand Records" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Grouped Rows","Records", #"Col Names")
in
#"Expand Records"
Result from your data above:
Hi @howeixiong, different one here.
Result
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("fc7BCoMwDMbxVxk9C03S1JijOjdk04o6xhDf/zVW78Ze/7/wddscMTASU0CiACqucOswjW4vTlsQgQoqBHosJ6aCbBRDFA2midnM3VT/hm5cb5bwTUovKwaKXEo0Jzibz3JHsOL1/iEgKKp5j8xCpVgf0MM0aZ7Ttx+fFvC+qZfOqlEFNdLlhK/b1mqQX+zfbU4A7Pb9Dw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Unique Reference" = _t, #"Column 2" = _t]),
GroupedRows = Table.Group(Source, {"Unique Reference"}, {{"All", each Table.FromRows(Table.ToColumns(Table.SelectColumns(_, {"Column 2"}))), type table}}),
ExpandedAll = Table.ExpandTableColumn(GroupedRows, "All", List.Transform({"1"..Text.From(Table.RowCount(GroupedRows))}, each "Column" & _))
in
ExpandedAll
let
Source = your_table,
to_list = Table.ToList(
Table.Group(Source, {"Unique Reference"}, {{"x", each [Column 2]}}),
(x) => {x{0}} & x{1}
),
cols = List.Max(List.Transform(to_list, List.Count)),
to_table = Table.FromList(to_list, (x) => x, cols)
in
to_table
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table3"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Unique Reference", type text}, {"Column 2", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Unique Reference"}, {
{"Records", each Record.FromList([Column 2], List.Transform(List.Numbers(1, List.Count([Column 2])), each "Column " & Text.From(_))) }}),
#"Col Names" = List.Sort(List.Distinct(List.Accumulate(
#"Grouped Rows"[Records],
{},
(s,c)=>s & Record.FieldNames(c)
))),
#"Expand Records" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Grouped Rows","Records", #"Col Names")
in
#"Expand Records"
Result from your data above:
=Table.FromColumns(List.Zip(Table.Group(YourTableName,"Unique Reference",{"n",each {[Unique Reference]{0}}&[Column 2]})[n]))
Vote for your favorite vizzies from the Power BI World Championship submissions!
If you love stickers, then you will definitely want to check out our Community Sticker Challenge!
Check out the January 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 11 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 | |
| 6 |