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derickyy
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4 years ago
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Unpivot Table but Auto Generate New Rows

Hi,   Can you please help me with the following table manipulation? It would be best if it can be achieved through power query but dax query is also acceptable.   Basically, I have one table with...
  • edhans's avatar
    4 years ago

    Here you go derickyy 

    This:

    becomes this

    Here is the full M code, and then I'll explain what I did.

     

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTICYjOlWJ1oJScgyxiITcE8ZyDLEIhNwDwXsLiOkoVSbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Person = _t, #"Start Number" = _t, #"End Number" = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Start Number", Int64.Type}, {"End Number", Int64.Type}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Range", each {[Start Number]..[End Number]}),
        #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Person", "Range"}),
        #"Expanded Range" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "Range")
    in
        #"Expanded Range"

     

    Ignore the SOURCE row. That is just me pasting in your sample data.

    I changed the start/end to integers.

    The custom column I added a range using a list. So {1..5} will give me a list of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. So your start/end numbers looked like this:

    Then I only kept the Person and new Range column.

    Finally, I expanded the Range to new rows.

     

    Any questions, let me know!

    How to use M code provided in a blank query:
    1) In Power Query, select New Source, then Blank Query
    2) On the Home ribbon, select "Advanced Editor" button
    3) Remove everything you see, then paste the M code I've given you in that box.
    4) Press Done
    5) See this article if you need help using this M code in your model.