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laciodrom_80
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Unpivoting column: problem when table is empty

Hi all,

 

I'm usign this UnpivotOtherColumn command in Power Query in a step of a table data transformation:

= Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Removed Columns", {"Id", "Name", "Date", "Version"}, "Attribute", "Value")

 

No Matter when my table contains data, but if I there are no data in it, I've got this error:

Expression.Error: The argument value isn't valid.
Details:
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How could I avoid this error when the table is empty?


Thanks a lot in advance for any clue!

Luca
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wdx223_Daniel
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= if Table.IsEmpty(#"Removed Columns") then #table({"Id", "Name", "Date", "Version","Attribute", "Value"},{}) else Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Removed Columns", {"Id", "Name", "Date", "Version"}, "Attribute", "Value")

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wdx223_Daniel
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= if Table.IsEmpty(#"Removed Columns") then #table({"Id", "Name", "Date", "Version","Attribute", "Value"},{}) else Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Removed Columns", {"Id", "Name", "Date", "Version"}, "Attribute", "Value")

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