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Lauren2324
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Jan 31, 2024
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Opposite of consolidation...

I have a workbook containing data for scheduling referees over a multi-day tournament on multiple fields. Referee names appear under 2 columns; Umpire 1 or Umpire 2 Game assignments change every ho...
  • Patrick2788's avatar
    Jan 31, 2024

    Lauren2324 

    I think the feature 'show report filter pages' can make quick work of this task but there must be some legwork done first.

     

    I'm guessing your data looks something like this:

     

    Step 1: Unpivot the Ump1 and Ump2 columns:

    Here's how to unpivot in PowerQuery:

    Unpivot columns (Power Query) - Microsoft Support

    You'll also need to duplicate a column:

    Duplicate a column (Power query) - Microsoft Support

     

    The goal is to get the data to look like this:

     

    Step 2: Create a simple pivot table that will look like this (You can turn off all subtotals and date/time groupings):

    the pivot arrangement (notice the dupe column "Copy of Value" in the filter):

    Step 3: Generate the report filter pages

    The sheets in the workbook after doing this: