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rafterse
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Helper I

nested if, i think in power query

Hey all ,

i'm struggeling with this one 

i want to create a sequence of columns based on the workgroup column grouping 

Data

Work Group   Task 
Work Group a  Initial task a
Work Group a  Secondary task a
Work Group B  Initial task B
Work Group B  secondary task B
Work Group B  tertiery task B

 

thanks in advance 

output needed 

1st task 2nd Task 3rd TaskWork Group 
initial task a   secondary task a   workgroup A   
initial task B  secondary task B  tertiery task B  Workgroup B  
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Anonymous
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Hi @rafterse 

You can create a blank query and input the following code to advanced editor.

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCs8vylZwL8ovLVBIVFBQ0lHyzMssyUzMUShJLM5WSFSK1cGiJjg1OT8vJbGoEocqJ0yTnLCrKUY1CYeqktSiksxUJEWxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Work Group" = _t, Task = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Work Group", type text}, {"Task", type text}}),
    #"Uppercased Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Task", Text.Proper, type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Uppercased Text", "Task_type", each let a=Text.PositionOf([Task],"Task")
in Text.Start([Task],a-1)),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Added Custom", List.Distinct(#"Added Custom"[Task_type]), "Task_type", "Task")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

 

Output

vxinruzhumsft_0-1715650223665.png

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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Anonymous
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Hi 

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Anonymous
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Hi @rafterse 

You can create a blank query and input the following code to advanced editor.

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCs8vylZwL8ovLVBIVFBQ0lHyzMssyUzMUShJLM5WSFSK1cGiJjg1OT8vJbGoEocqJ0yTnLCrKUY1CYeqktSiksxUJEWxAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Work Group" = _t, Task = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Work Group", type text}, {"Task", type text}}),
    #"Uppercased Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Task", Text.Proper, type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Uppercased Text", "Task_type", each let a=Text.PositionOf([Task],"Task")
in Text.Start([Task],a-1)),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Added Custom", List.Distinct(#"Added Custom"[Task_type]), "Task_type", "Task")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

 

Output

vxinruzhumsft_0-1715650223665.png

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

thanks i'll give it a go 

 

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