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Eqa33
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Nov 01, 2022
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In Power Query aligning rows/columns

I have seperated a column within power query where every second entry needed to be extracted into its own column, it is the column called Av. The problem I have is that the other columns called Week ...
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    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Nov 02, 2022

    Eqa33 The PDF cleared up matters. The file contains 8 tables. The last three are inconsistent with the first 5. Some of the "header" rows have the 6xxx number combined with the [image] (see picture below)

    This is really messing up the entire process, so I took these last three tables out. The other 5 tables neatly transform into the kind of table that you need. See if you can do something about the PDF files so that these odd cells like in the picture do not occur.

     

    See attached. Just point the Source to the PDF on your own system.

     

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Riny_van_Eekelen
Platinum Contributor
Nov 02, 2022

Eqa33 OK, but this looks totally different from what you uploaded earlier. I had hoped for some consistent structure but can't discover it. Sorry!

Please let me know what the end result should look like and the logic behind it. And perhaps also good if you upload the PDF itself (i.e. the file Winners Oct 22.pdf)

 

 

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Eqa33
Brass Contributor
Nov 02, 2022
I want to take the PDF and create a pivot table that can be added to weekly so that I have a running history of the sales of each style rather than a weekly snapshot that doesn't really allow me to see sales week by week, month by month etc.
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    Eqa33
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 02, 2022
    Great. Thank you very much. It was driving me crazy. You have beeen fantastic.
    Thanks again.
    Eqa
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    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Platinum Contributor
    Nov 02, 2022

    Eqa33 The PDF cleared up matters. The file contains 8 tables. The last three are inconsistent with the first 5. Some of the "header" rows have the 6xxx number combined with the [image] (see picture below)

    This is really messing up the entire process, so I took these last three tables out. The other 5 tables neatly transform into the kind of table that you need. See if you can do something about the PDF files so that these odd cells like in the picture do not occur.

     

    See attached. Just point the Source to the PDF on your own system.

     

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