Expand all .json records on import

[bchager6]

Hello all...

I am importing a data set in a .json format and would like to know if anyone can guide me on expanding all child records (or records in particular parent columns) on import, assuming this is possible. The child records look to have the same column names as the original file I'm importing.

I've read around the board a bit but couldn't find a definitive solution. Are there updates I need to make in the Power Query Advanced Editor?

[v-xicai]

Hi @bchager6 ,

You can refer to the case , as cwebb' suggestion:

If you want all the data from the JSON file in a single table in a single query, you can click the "Expand" icon (which looks like two arrows, one pointing left, one pointing right) in the column header. You can also write some M code to automatically expand all the expandable columns in a table, similar to what I wrote about here: https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2014/05/21/expanding-all-columns-in-a-table-in-power-query/

Or could you please show us what the .json records and your desired output look like for further analysis?

Best Regards,

Amy

Community Support Team _ Amy

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[bchager6]

Chris' data looks different than the data I'm dealing with. Where Chris is presented with expandible columns, I am presented with columns that contain records with URLs behind them that lead to more rows and columns that describe the entity; department in the example below.

[bchager6]

Hi Amy,

Thanks for your response. Here is a portion of my code. The three values below in red font are also column headers I see in Power Query containing rows with "Record" that are links to lower level values that may or may not be useful. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<response><result><parent/><shadow>false</shadow><forecast_cost>0</ forecast_cost><watch_list/><phase_type>waterfall</phase_type><wbs/><upon_reject>cancel</upon_reject><sys_updated_on>2019-10-18 16:16:53</sys_updated_on><forecast_cost>0</forecast_cost><discount_rate>0</discount_rate><time_card>project_task</time_card><approval_history/><rollup>false</rollup><skills/><number>0001004</number><score>4.67</score><program/><start_date>2019-09-25 13:00:00</start_date><u_all_cis>false</u_all_cis><forecast>0</forecast><cost>5</cost><estimate>0</estimate><state>3</state><sys_created_by>san</sys_created_by><goals/><knowledge>false</knowledge><order/><phase>closing</phase><duration/><goal/><budget>0</budget><cmdb_ci/><dependency/><contract/><impact>1</impact><milestone>false</milestone><effort/><active>false</active><work_notes_list/><priority>4</priority><sys_domain_path>/</sys_domain_path><business_unit/><demand><link>https://xxxx.service-now.com/api/now/table/demand/be</link><value> be1a </value></demand

For example, when I click on the first "Record" in the Program column, the value I see looks something like this: