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Pivot table using Python facing issue - Index variables are not visible

I tried to pivot a table with aggregate function sum in python. After running python script in power bi I am not able to see index columns which i used to group by. But if I am trying to execute this code in python it's working perfectly by displaying index columns.

 

Here below my code;

 

import pandas as pd

pivotset = dataset.pivot_table(index=['movieID','user'], values=['Rating'], aggfunc='sum')

print(pivotset)

 

         Result in Python is:

 

movieID user             Rating
1             Ali                5
               Ganesh         5
              Jayaram         2
              Kevin             1
              Mithun          3
              Musthafa       3
              Shafi              4
2            Jack               5
              Sasi               4
              Suresh 3

But if I am trying to do same in power bi the index variables are not displaying. Please help to find this.

 

 Rating
    5
    5
    2
    1
    3

 

The input dataset csv is below

 

movieID,user,Rating
1,Ganesh,5
1,Mithun,3
2,Sasi,4
1,Musthafa,3
2,Suresh,3
1,Shafi,4
1,Kevin,1
2,Jack,5
1,Jayaram,2
1,Ali,5

Please help me to find why the index variables are disappearing in power bi

 

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v-yuta-msft
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@Anonymous ,

 

Based on my test, I'm afraid power bi doesn't support index columns in pandas table. As a workaround, you can achieve the same result by using "Pivot" and "Unpivot" in power query.

 

Firstly click "movieID" and "user" column, click transform-> Pivot Columns, select "Rating" as value, sum as  aggregation, you will achieve table like below:

1.PNG 

 

Secondly, click on column "1" and "2" then click "Unpivot Columns":

2.PNG 

 

After reordering the columns and renaming the column headers, you will achieve the result:

3.PNG 

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

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Anonymous
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Thank you Jimmy for the fast response and clarified answer. I will try the same then. 

v-yuta-msft
Community Support
Community Support

@Anonymous ,

 

Based on my test, I'm afraid power bi doesn't support index columns in pandas table. As a workaround, you can achieve the same result by using "Pivot" and "Unpivot" in power query.

 

Firstly click "movieID" and "user" column, click transform-> Pivot Columns, select "Rating" as value, sum as  aggregation, you will achieve table like below:

1.PNG 

 

Secondly, click on column "1" and "2" then click "Unpivot Columns":

2.PNG 

 

After reordering the columns and renaming the column headers, you will achieve the result:

3.PNG 

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

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