Create new table with new data organization

[Fab117]

Hello,

Sorry for the unclear title, but no idea how to describe my request.

I'd like to create a new Table in Desktop.

In my table ("Table1"), I currently have a table like:

ProjectID	Action1_Description	Action1_DueDate	Action2_Description	Action2_DueDate	Action3_Description	Action3_DueDate
P1	Do XYZ	25.04.2023	Develop TOF	03.05.2023	Restart TKD	15.05.2023
P2	Do MNP	30.04.2023	Develop FSE	03.05.2023
P3	Do ERT	12.05.2023	Develop RTG	20.05.2023	Restart  LSN	01.06.2023

And the one I would like to create would be like:

ProjectID	Action_Description	Action_DueDate
P1	Do XYZ	25.04.2023
P1	Develop TOF	03.05.2023
P1	Restart TKD	15.05.2023
P2	Do MNP	30.04.2023
P2	Develop FSE	00.01.1900
P2
P3	Do ERT	12.05.2023
P3	Develop RTG	20.05.2023
P3	Restart  LSN	01.06.2023

Would someone know how to proceed?

Fab

[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@Fab117 you need to transform your data in the PQ to get the output you are looking for. Start a new query and click advanced editor and paste the following M code which will do the transform and you can apply the same steps to your data.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCjBU0lFyyVeIiIwCMoxM9QxM9IwMjIxBoqllqTn5BQoh/m5AnoGxnoEpTCootbgksahEIcTbBcgzNIVLxeoAjTSCGOnrFwBkGBtgMdIt2BXdSAUwBus3huh3DQoBGW6EpAimPyjEHeRaAyxOUvAJ9gOZbahnYAZ1UywA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ProjectID = _t, Action1_Description = _t, Action1_DueDate = _t, Action2_Description = _t, Action2_DueDate = _t, Action3_Description = _t, Action3_DueDate = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ProjectID", type text}, {"Action1_Description", type text}, {"Action1_DueDate", type text}, {"Action2_Description", type text}, {"Action2_DueDate", type text}, {"Action3_Description", type text}, {"Action3_DueDate", type text}}),
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"ProjectID"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Added Action" = Table.AddColumn(#"Unpivoted Other Columns", "Action", each Text.BeforeDelimiter([Attribute],"_"), type text),
    #"Added Type" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Action", "Type", each Text.AfterDelimiter([Attribute],"_"), type text),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Type",{"Attribute"}),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Removed Columns", List.Distinct(#"Removed Columns"[Type]), "Type", "Value")
in
    #"Pivoted Column"

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[Fab117]

Thank you