Structuring Pre-aggregated Data

[rock_cloud]

Hi,

I'm wondering whether anyone can help me as I'm quite stuck.

I don't have direct access to my data source for use in Power BI, so my data is pre-aggregated before I import it. My data contains a multiple different tables with the same categories for example:

Measure 1:

Month	Department1	Department2	Total
Feb-24	254	562	816
Jan-24	201	487	688
Dec-23	225	421	646
Nov-23	284	500	784
Oct-23	178	497	675

Measure 2:

Month	Department1	Department2	Total
Feb-24	181	441	622
Jan-24	224	543	767
Dec-23	258	429	687
Nov-23	232	497	729
Oct-23	193	552	745

How can I structure this data so that I can use Department 1, 2 and Total as series in visuals and filters in a slicer, as well as being able to use the date in a slicer. I've so far only been able to the sum of the departments to a visual without them being individual series.

Apologies if this is very basic and straightforward.

Many thanks.

[rock_cloud]

Many thanks for these solutions! Worked perfectly and saved a massive headache! 👍

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

In the Query Editor,

1. Remove the total column from each table
2. Append all the tables
3. Select the first column, right click and select "Unpivot Other Columns"

Hope this helps.

[v-heq-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @rock_cloud ,
According to your description, you can use the unpivot function in power query. The exact steps are:
1. Click Transform data to open the power query interface

2. Select the Department1 Department2 columns, right click and select the unpivot columns option.

At this time there will be a total, department name and department id for the columns of the table

So you can filter by date, department name or total.

Best regards,

Albert He

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