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brandanb
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Problems when importing CSV file

I have a CSV file that I've imported and set "comma" as the delimiter. However, the way the CSV was formatted, I'm running into issues. Below, table 1, is what Power BI & Excel automatically transform the CSV into. Table 2 is what I need the data to look like. How do I transform this?

 

1.)

UsernameValidSerialNumbers
johndoeXYZ1234, ABC1234, DEF1234
alicedoeWEB1234, FRE1234, BVY1234

 

2.)

UsernameValidSerialNumbers
johndoeXYZ1234
johndoeABC1234
johndoeDEF1234
alicedoeWEB1234
alicedoeFRE1234
alicedoeBVY1234
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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@brandanb , In data transformation/edit query you have an option to split column. Split column into rows. use that

check steps

https://www.tutorialgateway.org/how-to-split-columns-in-power-bi/

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v-deddai1-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @brandanb ,

 

Would you please refer to the M query:

 

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WysrPyEvJT1XSUYqIjDI0MjbRUXB0coYwXFzdQAylWJ1opcSczORUiMJwVyeIvFuQK4ThFBYJURgLAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Username = _t, ValidSerialNumbers = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Username", type text}, {"ValidSerialNumbers", type text}}),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Changed Type", "ValidSerialNumbers", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"ValidSerialNumbers.1", "ValidSerialNumbers.2", "ValidSerialNumbers.3"}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"ValidSerialNumbers.1", type text}, {"ValidSerialNumbers.2", type text}, {"ValidSerialNumbers.3", type text}}),
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type1", {"Username"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Unpivoted Other Columns",{"Attribute"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

 

 

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Best Regards,

Dedmon Dai

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@brandanb , In data transformation/edit query you have an option to split column. Split column into rows. use that

check steps

https://www.tutorialgateway.org/how-to-split-columns-in-power-bi/

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