Combine row values by another colum value in the Power Quesry Editor

[elinady]

Hi,

Is there a way to combine text values in multiple rows based on the value in another column in the Query editor? For example, I have the following table:

Column 1                  Column 2

03-02                         5.6.1.1.22

03-02                         5.7.1.1.11

03-02                         5.6.7.1.15

What I am trying to achieve is the following:

Column 1                 Column 2

03-02                       5.6.1.1.22; 5.7.1.11; 5.6.7.1.15

Using the group function doesn't work for this.

I can to this with a measure using the Concatenaex and Value functions however I need the table in the Query editor insteat.

Many thanks.

[PattemManohar · Accepted solution]

@elinady Please try this as a "New Table"

Test152Out = SUMMARIZE(Test152GroupConcat,Test152GroupConcat[Column1],"Result",CONCATENATEX(Test152GroupConcat,Test152GroupConcat[Column2],";"))

In Power Query, please try this..

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjDWNTBS0lEy1TPTMwRCIyOlWB1kYXOwsKEhmrAZRMJUKTYWAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", type text}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Column1"}, {{"Grouped", each Text.Combine([Column2],";"), type text}})
in
    #"Grouped Rows"

[elinady]

One more question - if I use the calculated table option:

"Test152Out = SUMMARIZE(Test152GroupConcat,Test152GroupConcat[Column1],"Result",CONCATENATEX(Test152GroupConcat,Test152GroupConcat[Column2],";"))"

How can I split the "Result" in separate columns by the ";" separator?

So to end up with something like this (Please note the numver of values may be different for each Column 1 value):

Column 1           Column 2           Column 3           Column 4

03-02                 5.6.1.1.22            5.7.1.1.11            5.6.7.1.15

03-01                 5.5.1.1.1              -                          -

03-03                 5.6.1.1.17            5.6.7.1.14            -

Thank you!

[v-shex-msft]

HI @elinady,

>>How can I split the "Result" in separate columns by the ";" separator?

You can select 'custom' option to use custom character as split separator.

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

[elinady]

Hi, thanks - i tried the Power Query Editor solution however the example I gave is just a small part of the table - the complete table is over 1000 rows with many different values.  Also, the values may change in the future. How would that work?