Solved: split values into multiple rows - Page 2

fskhalasm · ‎01-01-2017

Hi,

can you help me with following task?

I have data like this:

1, A;B;C, X;Y;Z, 2, 3, 7

and I need to get:

1, A, X, 2, 3, 7

1, B, Y, 2, 3, 7

1, C, Z, 2, 3, 7

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thank.

Marian

ImkeF · ‎01-01-2017

Add a custom column with this formula:

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Table.FromColumns({Text.Split([Column2], ";"), Text.Split([Column3], ";")}))

and then expand the resulting table.

Where Column2 and Column3 are the names of the columns who have multiple values in them and Source is the name of the previous step or the name of your query that you're referencing.

Edit 2018-10-31: You can also use this more generic function, that saves some typing when using multiple columns:

(Table as table, Delimiter as text, ListOfColumnNames) =>

Table.AddColumn(Table, 
		"TableFromColumns", 
		each Table.FromColumns(List.Transform(ListOfColumnNames, 
						      (x) => Text.Split(Record.Field(_, x),                                                                                                    
							  	        Delimiter))))

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