Moving values from columns

[brunofds]

Hello there

I'm struggling with this silly issue in PQ.

I have multiples pdfs tables as a data source. 

Due to the nature of these pdfs tables, after some work in PQ, the result I got is somehow like this:

A	B	C
Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em 03/02/2020	381,01	null
Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em 03/02/2020	3.934,39	null
null	( + )Crédito de Cobrança	0
null	( + )Pagamento de parcelas - Contratos com Retorno	0
null	( + )Aportes Secretaria	0
null	( + )Devolução de parcelas - Contratos Não Reembolsáveis	0
null	SALDO EM 31/01/2020	18443
null	Lançamentos à Crédito	0
null	( + )Rendas de Aplicações Financeiras - Cobrança	0
null	( + )Aportes Secretaria	0
null	( + )Rendimento Repassado pelo Tomador	0
null	( + )Devolução de parcelas - Contratos Não Reembolsáveis	0
null	( + )Pagamento de parcelas - Contratos com Retorno	18655
null	( + )Crédito de Cobrança	0
null	Lançamentos à Débito	0
null	SALDO EM 31/01/2020	0
null	Lançamentos à Débito	0
null	( + )Rendimento Repassado pelo Tomador	0
null	( + )Rendas de Aplicações Financeiras - Cobrança	0
null	Lançamentos à Crédito	0
( - )	Resgate para transferência ao DAEE ref. Pagto. de tarifas de cobrança	0

This is the basic strutucture, so there will always be this specific text: "Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em". So in this case I need to move the values from "A" to "B" and from "B" to "C".

My desired output is (note that there are changes only in the first 2 rows) :

A	B	C
null	Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em 03/02/2020	381,01
null	Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em 03/02/2020	3.934,39
null	( + )Crédito de Cobrança	0
null	( + )Pagamento de parcelas - Contratos com Retorno	0
null	( + )Aportes Secretaria	0
null	( + )Devolução de parcelas - Contratos Não Reembolsáveis	0
null	SALDO EM 31/01/2020	18443
null	Lançamentos à Crédito	0
null	( + )Rendas de Aplicações Financeiras - Cobrança	0
null	( + )Aportes Secretaria	0
null	( + )Rendimento Repassado pelo Tomador	0
null	( + )Devolução de parcelas - Contratos Não Reembolsáveis	0
null	( + )Pagamento de parcelas - Contratos com Retorno	18655
null	( + )Crédito de Cobrança	0
null	Lançamentos à Débito	0
null	SALDO EM 31/01/2020	0
null	Lançamentos à Débito	0
null	( + )Rendimento Repassado pelo Tomador	0
null	( + )Rendas de Aplicações Financeiras - Cobrança	0
null	Lançamentos à Crédito	0
( - )	Resgate para transferência ao DAEE ref. Pagto. de tarifas de cobrança	0

Thank you.

[Jimmy801 · Accepted solution]

Hello @brunofds 

add a new column where you are generating your new table. Then delete all other columns and expand the new columns

here the formula

[FirstColumn = if Text.StartsWith([A],"Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em") then [A] else [B],
SecondColumns = if Text.StartsWith([A],"Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em") then [B] else [C]]

here the complete code

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [A = _t, B = _t, C = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "CreateNewTable", each [FirstColumn = if Text.StartsWith([A],"Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em") then [A] else [B],
SecondColumns = if Text.StartsWith([A],"Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em") then [B] else [C]]),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Added Custom",{"CreateNewTable"}),
    #"Expanded CreateNewTable" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "CreateNewTable", {"FirstColumn", "SecondColumns"}, {"FirstColumn", "SecondColumns"})
in
    #"Expanded CreateNewTable"

output is this

Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

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Have fun

Jimmy

[brunofds]

After some adjustments, that solution worked

Thank you 🙂

[CNENFRNL]

@brunofds , you can manipulate the table like building blocks,

1. truncate the lower part skipping the first 2 rows,
2. adjust the order of columns for the first 2 rows
3. combinate 1. and 2.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("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", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [A = _t, B = _t, C = _t]),
    LowerPart = Table.Skip(Source,2),
    UpperPart = Table.FirstN(Source,2),
    #"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(UpperPart,{"C", "A", "B"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Reordered Columns",{{"C", "A"},{"A", "B"},{"B", "C"}}),
    Combination = #"Renamed Columns" & LowerPart
in
    Combination

[brunofds]

Dear  @CNENFRNL 

Thanks for your time.

I'm afraid your solution won't deal the proper way as new tables are added in the data source

For instance, the formula 

 LowerPart = Table.Skip(Source,2)

have that number 2 "hardcoded", and will only work within THIS specific scenario i provided.... i'll be adding much more data, so it wont only 2 rows to skip. The same logic applies to 

UpperPart = Table.FirstN(Source,2),

I need to have a dynamic way of computing this new tables been added.

I honestly appreciate your efforts, and found the solution quite clever, although it wont solve my issue, i've learned something new!

[CNENFRNL]

@brunofds , of coz you need to tweak the code according to the scenario,

LowerPart = Table.Skip(Source, each [A] <> "null"),
UpperPart = Table.FirstN(Source, each [A] <> "null")

[brunofds]

@CNENFRNL  Actually i was reading the official documentation after you provided this solution. The null sollution you provided still will be incomplete 

I was thinking of:

Lower part should be something as:

LowerPart = Table.Skip(Source, each [A] Text.Contains( "Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada")

and UpperPart the opposite:

LowerPart = Table.Skip(Source, each [A] not Text.Contains( "Taxa de Administração do Agente Financeiro cobrada em 03/02/2020")

But i cannont insert those kind of text.functions that way.

Any ideas?