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Hamidrezaei
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Creating a new column with a cell value

Hi guys,

I want to create a column with a specific cell value which is located in the headline of the table, is there any way to do this? the picture below is an example of what I am trying to do.

I have tried this but it give me an error

= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each {2}[Column3])

Untitled.png

Thank you for your help in advance

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collinq
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Hi Hamidrezaei,

There are a couple ways to do this.  The "easy" but brute force way is just to add a custom column to the table/query and enter the date.  Then, just trim out the rows you don't need.

 

ColumnA.png

 

ColumnB.png

 

 

A more "system" type approach would be to promote headers, making that date a column header, then unpivot that column.  Then, you would have to remove rows and promote headers and then rename the date to whatever the name is:

 

Initial Promoted HeadersInitial Promoted Headers

 

UnpivotUnpivot

 

 

Remove Rows, Promote Headers, Rename Date FieldRemove Rows, Promote Headers, Rename Date Field

 

 

 

 




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collinq
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Hi Hamidrezaei,

There are a couple ways to do this.  The "easy" but brute force way is just to add a custom column to the table/query and enter the date.  Then, just trim out the rows you don't need.

 

ColumnA.png

 

ColumnB.png

 

 

A more "system" type approach would be to promote headers, making that date a column header, then unpivot that column.  Then, you would have to remove rows and promote headers and then rename the date to whatever the name is:

 

Initial Promoted HeadersInitial Promoted Headers

 

UnpivotUnpivot

 

 

Remove Rows, Promote Headers, Rename Date FieldRemove Rows, Promote Headers, Rename Date Field

 

 

 

 




Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Datanaut!
Private message me for consulting or training needs.




Hi @collinq 

The problem with the unpivoting is that the date is changed every day , so the column name is not recognized the next day. Is there any other way to do this? 

 

 

Thank you @collinq 

The unpivot works!

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