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I have the following table:
It has a column that contains levels of indentation signifying a hierarchical relationship. I'd like to ask how this could be unwrapped into the following table please?
Perhaps this should be sorted out with the help of Python script? All help and tips are appreciated.
Thank you!
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Hi @Anonymous
Try this.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcgQCpVidaCUFJyCAsBScDUEAynE0AgEYxxgEIBxnICBaQywA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Block = _t]),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 0, 1),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Level", each "Block Level " & Number.ToText( List.Count( List.Accumulate( Text.ToList( [Block] ), {" "}, ( s,a ) => if a = List.Last(s) then s & {a} else s ) ) - 1 ) ),
#"Trimmed Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Block", Text.Trim, type text}}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Trimmed Text", List.Distinct(#"Trimmed Text"[Level]), "Level", "Block"),
#"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Pivoted Column",{"Block Level 0", "Block Level 1"}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([Block Level 2] <> null))
in
#"Filtered Rows"
Hi @Anonymous
You can use power query to transform.
Please see the attached file.
Apologies @Mariusz , perhaps my example problem was too generic. I have updated my question to reflect the true scenario which i have where I believe your specific solution might not work.
Hi @Anonymous
Try this.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcgQCpVidaCUFJyCAsBScDUEAynE0AgEYxxgEIBxnICBaQywA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Block = _t]),
#"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 0, 1),
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Level", each "Block Level " & Number.ToText( List.Count( List.Accumulate( Text.ToList( [Block] ), {" "}, ( s,a ) => if a = List.Last(s) then s & {a} else s ) ) - 1 ) ),
#"Trimmed Text" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Added Custom",{{"Block", Text.Trim, type text}}),
#"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Trimmed Text", List.Distinct(#"Trimmed Text"[Level]), "Level", "Block"),
#"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Pivoted Column",{"Block Level 0", "Block Level 1"}),
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([Block Level 2] <> null))
in
#"Filtered Rows"
Thank you very much for your help so far @Mariusz! Your solution is very close however I can't seem to sort out the final format which currently is this:
I think it may be due to different indentation levels between your source data and mine?
@Mariusz's solution helped me to start digging into M functions.
I think I'll replace #"Added Custom" step with the next one, as you have to calculate level by number of leading spaces.
Is just my first try into M functions, hope this will help.
#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Level"
, each "Block Level " & Number.ToText(Text.Length([Block])-Text.Length(Text.TrimStart([Block])))),
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