Create line graph to compare sales per region per year

[dswallow]

I would like to create a line graph using an excel data source. The issue is the excel has seperate columns for each year and therefore I do not know an easy way to use these seperate fields in one line graph. I have attached a screenshot of the data below:

We also have a field for the average ages of buyers for that region. 

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@dswallow , Unpivot the data in the power query.

Unpivot Data(Power Query): https://youtu.be/2HjkBtxSM0g

If need you can take a year as a legend in the line visual post that

[v-tangjie-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @dswallow ,

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1)  My test data is the same as yours.

(2)  Click "Transform Data" to enter the Power Query editor and select three columns to transpose.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjRQ0lEK9QYSJkBsqoqFEasTrWQOZLqWFuUXpAIZxkBspoqFAVJpBGQGOwIJI5gx6AyQKkOQrWBlIK3mIFlDNEZsLAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Avg <5>" = _t, Region = _t, #"2022" = _t, #"2022%" = _t, #"2021" = _t, #"2021%" = _t, #"2020" = _t, #"2020%" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Avg <5>", Int64.Type}, {"Region", type text}, {"2022", Int64.Type}, {"2022%", Percentage.Type}, {"2021", Int64.Type}, {"2021%", Percentage.Type}, {"2020", Int64.Type}, {"2020%", Percentage.Type}}),
    #"Unpivoted Only Selected Columns" = Table.Unpivot(#"Changed Type", {"2022", "2021", "2020"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Unpivoted Only Selected Columns",{{"Attribute", "Year"}, {"Value", "Sales"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

(3) Then the result is as follows.

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

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[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@dswallow , Unpivot the data in the power query.

Unpivot Data(Power Query): https://youtu.be/2HjkBtxSM0g

If need you can take a year as a legend in the line visual post that