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I have data that includes a total column at the end that summed across the rows. I want to delete this column, but I can't click on it and delete it as the column name may change when the data source is updated, causing errors. So I am looking for a function of some type that deletes the last column and won't cause any errors if all the column names in the source are changed.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VVFLEoUwCLuLaxcC/dizON7/Go+kTZ23MKMCCQnPc5RxnIdFgjdAPqUkBMA63vBcCTf+3KvJSzve85kD/LnBWDdAFbnxk1R1f9ZOCqqwFZqFjEPqFDQWMFOxCBYteIlkJAOaunhZIh/XdsBY+3O+yp82QDW+IEz10KhBMmy7qYvF0w0I6J1hoVyafLjLhw+1cJ+4t1CKMEgOMYXQEXZoE7pmbPwVIv0zhqqsoq9AuHO4DA3pk2FGTWvXvGYoHp606aJzIypfsv+dg5tH9rzvDw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"20201218" = _t, #"20201221" = _t, #"20201222" = _t, #"20201223" = _t, #"20210104" = _t, #"20210105" = _t, #"20210106" = _t, #"20210107" = _t, #"20210108" = _t, #"20210110" = _t, #"20210111" = _t, #"20210112" = _t, #"20210113" = _t])
in
Source
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VVFLEoUwCLuLaxcC/dizON7/Go+kTZ23MKMCCQnPc5RxnIdFgjdAPqUkBMA63vBcCTf+3KvJSzve85kD/LnBWDdAFbnxk1R1f9ZOCqqwFZqFjEPqFDQWMFOxCBYteIlkJAOaunhZIh/XdsBY+3O+yp82QDW+IEz10KhBMmy7qYvF0w0I6J1hoVyafLjLhw+1cJ+4t1CKMEgOMYXQEXZoE7pmbPwVIv0zhqqsoq9AuHO4DA3pk2FGTWvXvGYoHp606aJzIypfsv+dg5tH9rzvDw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"20201218" = _t, #"20201221" = _t, #"20201222" = _t, #"20201223" = _t, #"20210104" = _t, #"20210105" = _t, #"20210106" = _t, #"20210107" = _t, #"20210108" = _t, #"20210110" = _t, #"20210111" = _t, #"20210112" = _t, #"20210113" = _t]),
#"New" = let max = Table.ColumnCount(Source) in Table.RemoveColumns(Source, {Table.ColumnNames(Source){max - 1}})
in
#"New"
--Nate
Thank you for this. I'm still learning M and am a little confused with the 'let' here. Are you able to explain a little about how it works and why it is used here?
I may have solved it, but if anyone has a better way please let me know. I would like to know how to hide the variable name 'max' from the Applied Steps list.
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VVFLEoUwCLuLaxcC/dizON7/Go+kTZ23MKMCCQnPc5RxnIdFgjdAPqUkBMA63vBcCTf+3KvJSzve85kD/LnBWDdAFbnxk1R1f9ZOCqqwFZqFjEPqFDQWMFOxCBYteIlkJAOaunhZIh/XdsBY+3O+yp82QDW+IEz10KhBMmy7qYvF0w0I6J1hoVyafLjLhw+1cJ+4t1CKMEgOMYXQEXZoE7pmbPwVIv0zhqqsoq9AuHO4DA3pk2FGTWvXvGYoHp606aJzIypfsv+dg5tH9rzvDw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"20201218" = _t, #"20201221" = _t, #"20201222" = _t, #"20201223" = _t, #"20210104" = _t, #"20210105" = _t, #"20210106" = _t, #"20210107" = _t, #"20210108" = _t, #"20210110" = _t, #"20210111" = _t, #"20210112" = _t, #"20210113" = _t]),
max = Table.ColumnCount(Source),
#"New" = Table.RemoveColumns(Source, {Table.ColumnNames(Source){max - 1}})
in
#"New"
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