How to Pivot the table in query to get one ID with different dates?

[PBI_newuser]

Hi, 

I would like to pivot the data to have below output (One ID with different date fields).

How to do this? here

Sample data here.

ID	created	Order Status - Closed	Order - Dispatched	Field Status - Accepted	Field Status - Closed	.............
ID-01275049	12/31/2019 4:01:04 PM	2/18/2020 2:59:44 PM				xxxxx
ID-01275052	12/31/2019 4:01:11 PM		12/31/2019 4:03:28 PM	12/31/2019 4:11:36 PM	12/31/2019 4:12:00 PM	xxxxx
ID-01275106	12/31/2019 4:08:23 PM		12/31/2019 4:08:52 PM	1/8/2020 4:53:52 PM	1/8/2020 8:05:03 PM	xxxx
ID-01275069	12/31/2019 4:02:58 PM	12/31/2019 4:42:08 PM				xxxxx

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

You can use 'pivot column' function in PQ.

Like this:

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , i tried the solution you proposed, but maybe data is too large, so it takes long time to load and ended up i got the below error message.

DataSource.Error: The operation has timed out

Is there any other way (e.g. DAX column) to create the date columns?

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

If you data is large, using pq will time out, then using dax is estimated to be similar, you can use a matrix visual to show the pviot table.

Like this:

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , thanks! It works.

But, I need more columns to show beside the date columns.

How can I create columns to show the Hours difference between

1) [created] and [Order Status-Dispatched], 

2) [Field Status - For Dispatch] and [Order - Dispatched], etc.?

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser  What kind of result graph do you want?

[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft ,

I wanna calculate the hours difference between the columns first and display as the screenshot, then plot a chart with the average of the hours difference by month. Is it possible?

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

I create some measures and columns to display your desired result.

Like this:

Column1 = 
VAR a = data[ID]
VAR b =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( data, [ID] = a && [History New Value] = "created" ),
        [History CreatedDate]
    )
VAR c =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( data, [ID] = a && [History New Value] = "Field Status - Accepted" ),
        [History CreatedDate]
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( DATEDIFF ( b, c, SECOND ), 3600 )

Measure1 = 
VAR a =
    CALCULATE ( COUNT ( data[Column1] ), FILTER ( data, [Column1] <> BLANK () ) )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( SUM ( data[Column1] ), a * 2 )

Here is my sample .pbix file.Hope it helps.

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , thank you so much for your help!

• The measure is not working correctly. I tried to download Dec-19 data to calculate the average hours. The average hours for Measure1 in Dec-19 should be 254.9 while for Measure2 is 363.7.
• For the period "mmm-yy", can we use the "created" column instead of "History CreatedDate"? But "created" column in the table is not a separate column. 

Thank you!

[v-janeyg-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

I modified the measure and column to make the result correct. In my original logic, each value will be repeated twice, so your result will be doubled. 

I found that 'created' value doesn't appear after January 2020, so my results actually only have valid values for two months.

The mmmyy column I made is only used to format the date of the line chart, and cannot be used for filtering, because your table data is too large to pvoit and it will filter different value values.

Column1 = 
VAR a = data[ID]
VAR b =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( data, [ID] = a && [History New Value] = "created" ),
        [History CreatedDate]
    )
VAR c =
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( data, [ID] = a && [History New Value] = "Field Status - Accepted" ),
        [History CreatedDate]
    )
RETURN 
    IF(b<>BLANK()&&c<>BLANK(),
    DIVIDE ( DATEDIFF ( b, c, SECOND ), 3600 )
)

Measure1 = 
VAR a =
    CALCULATE ( COUNT ( data[Column1] ), FILTER ( data, [Column1] <> BLANK ()&&[History New Value]="created" ) )
    var b= 
CALCULATE ( SUM( data[Column1] ), FILTER ( data, [Column1] <> BLANK ()&&[History New Value]="created" ) )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( b, a * 2 )

Here is my sample .pbix file. Hope you can understand what I said.

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , I got what you meant but each value doesn't repeat twice but some more than twice. I have created 2 new pages with new dataset (only Oct-20 data) here. I downloaded the data from "Sample1" page, and noticed same ID has repeated more than twice.

The "Sample2" page should got the below result (in "Datachecking" file) but I am not sure how to calculate it by using the measures.

Thanks!

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

There is no duplication in the matrix, because there are row and column restrictions in the matrix. I have restricted all measures and columns, and will not calculate values that should not be calculated. Can you understand? If you want to display in the table, you need to filter in filterpane

Please carefully look at the measure and column I wrote, and understand the context in each visual!

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , thank you so much for the time and effort you put toward helping me find the right solution for my report! Truly appreciate it! 😊

[v-janeyg-msft]

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

If you can understand the role of these formulas in visuals, I will be happy. This is not the best practice, because your data volume is too large to be transposed, so the logic considered will be different. And I will be happier if you can give me some kudos.😊

Best Regards

Janey Guo

[PBI_newuser]

Hi @v-janeyg-msft , yes, my data volume is too large, even refresh a table takes few hours to complete. I need more time to understand the formulas as I am still new to Power BI. Sure I can give you some kudos as you are very supportive! Your detailed explanation helps me a lot! Thanks again! 😀

[amitchandak]

@PBI_newuser , select the other column then id and unpivot in power query

https://radacad.com/pivot-and-unpivot-with-power-bi

[PBI_newuser]

Hi @amitchandak , it's not working.