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Jerry Chen
Jun 27, 2018Copper Contributor
Help with sorting data into columns
Hey guys, sorry I'm not very good at communicating, but I have a spreadsheet in excel that looks like this: But I want it to look like this: I don't mind if it's in a pivot table b...
Arul Tresoldi
Jun 27, 2018Iron Contributor
Hi there; how many choices are allowed for each name?
This can be done by using VLOOKUP, COUNTIF and some calc columns.
Jerry Chen
Jun 27, 2018Copper Contributor
Your answer indirectly gave me the solution:
create a new column, sort name A-Z, set 1st cell of new column to 1, then, =if(A2=A3,C3+1,1), then pivot table the entire thing, set new column to columns and boom. Thank you!
- SergeiBaklanJun 27, 2018Diamond Contributor
It could be done by Power Query as well:
to show the list of fruits
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], GroupNames = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, {"Fruit", each [Fruit]}), ExtractFruitsList = Table.TransformColumns(GroupNames, {"Fruit", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}) in ExtractFruitsListto show fruits in columns:
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], GroupNames = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, {"Fruit", each [Fruit]}), MaxFruits = Table.AddColumn(GroupNames, "ListMax", each List.Count([Fruit])), FruitsNumber = List.Max(MaxFruits[ListMax]), FruitsColumns = List.Transform({1..FruitsNumber}, each "Fruit " & Number.ToText(_)), ExtractFruitsList = Table.TransformColumns(GroupNames, {"Fruit", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}), SplitOnFruits = Table.SplitColumn(ExtractFruitsList, "Fruit", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), FruitsColumns) in SplitOnFruitsand attached
- SergeiBaklanJun 28, 2018Diamond Contributor
Add sorting of fruits
GroupNames = Table.Group(Source, {"Name"}, {"Fruit", each List.Sort([Fruit])}),