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How to Return Column Data Based on All Populated Cells in Row Range and Match to Other Worksheet
- Jun 29, 2018
Hi Anthony,
That could be done by Power Query. Here is the simple mockup to illustrate idea based on your initial pictures, for the real data queries will be bit more complex.
Here on the left are source tables and resulting one are on the right
First query generates list of roles for users, here it dynamically split on columns
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="User"]}[Content], UnpivotJobs = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"User ID"}, "Attribute", "Value"), RemoveValues = Table.RemoveColumns(UnpivotJobs,{"Value"}), GroupRows = Table.Group(RemoveValues, {"User ID"}, {{"Role", each [Attribute]}}), MaxInList = Table.AddColumn(GroupRows, "ListMax", each List.Count([Role])), ElementNumber = List.Max(MaxInList[ListMax]), ListColumns = List.Transform({1..ElementNumber}, each "Role " & Number.ToText(_)), ExtractElements = Table.TransformColumns(GroupRows, {"Role", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text}), SplitElements = Table.SplitColumn(ExtractElements, "Role", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), ListColumns) in SplitElementsFor the second table we first create connection query which maps roles on lists of classes
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Job"]}[Content], UnpivotClasses = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Job"}, "Attribute", "Value"), RemoveValue = Table.RemoveColumns(UnpivotClasses,{"Value"}), GroupRows = Table.Group(RemoveValue, {"Job"}, {{"Class", each [Attribute]}}) in GroupRowsand here we take users with roles and merge with that query
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="User"]}[Content], UnpivotJobs = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"User ID"}, "Job", "Value"), RemoveValues = Table.RemoveColumns(UnpivotJobs,{"Value"}), MergeWithClasses = Table.NestedJoin(RemoveValues,{"Job"},ClassesForRoles,
{"Job"},"Classes",JoinKind.LeftOuter), ExpandClasses = Table.ExpandTableColumn(MergeWithClasses, "Classes", {"Class"}, {"Class"}), ExtractClasses = Table.TransformColumns(ExpandClasses, {"Class",
each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ", "), type text}), SortUsers = Table.Sort(ExtractClasses,{{"User ID", Order.Descending},
{"Job", Order.Ascending}}) in SortUsersHere classes are as lists, could be split dynamically same way as roles in first query. Sample file is attached.
It's a shame you can't use Power Query, it's ideal for this situation. Maybe try something like this (see attached file):
Thank you, that was really helpful. I was actually working on organizing my data into that format already. For some reason, the first class (the one in the second column) wouldn't appear using the formula. Luckily, the class is the same for all jobs so I just copied it down. I'm not sure if I am entering the range incorrectly, but it seems to be fine.