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Copper Contributor

Jul 24, 2020

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Split a column by rows

Hi, All I need help in splitting a column where row 1 is a username and row 2 is an email address corresponding to that username. The data is presented in a single column as follows: Username Ema...

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Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer

Jul 24, 2020

Stephen_Kane

If you convert your raw data into an Excel Table and rename the Excel Table as "UserData", you may create a blank query and place the following M code into Advanced Editor and load the data back to the Sheet.

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="UserData"]}[Content],
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 0, 1),
    #"Inserted Modulo" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Modulo", each Number.Mod([Index], 2), type number),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Inserted Modulo", {{"Modulo", type text}}, "en-US"), List.Distinct(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Inserted Modulo", {{"Modulo", type text}}, "en-US")[Modulo]), "Modulo", "UserName"),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Pivoted Column",{"0"}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([1] <> null)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Index"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"0", "UserName"}, {"1", "Email Address"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

The output will be like this...

Please refer to the attached for more details.

Transform Data with Power Query.xlsx17 KB

Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer

Silver Contributor

Jul 24, 2020

Stephen_Kane

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="UserData"]}[Content],
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 0, 1),
    #"Inserted Modulo" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Modulo", each Number.Mod([Index], 2), type number),
    #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Inserted Modulo", {{"Modulo", type text}}, "en-US"), List.Distinct(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Inserted Modulo", {{"Modulo", type text}}, "en-US")[Modulo]), "Modulo", "UserName"),
    #"Filled Down" = Table.FillDown(#"Pivoted Column",{"0"}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Filled Down", each ([1] <> null)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Index"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"0", "UserName"}, {"1", "Email Address"}})
in
    #"Renamed Columns"

The output will be like this...

Please refer to the attached for more details.

Transform Data with Power Query.xlsx17 KB

Stephen_Kane

Copper Contributor

Jul 24, 2020

Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer

Brilliant!

Thanks you so much, this works.

Regards

Stephen

Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer

Silver Contributor

Jul 24, 2020

You're welcome Stephen! Glad it worked as desired.

Lor3nzo

Copper Contributor

Mar 13, 2021

Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer

I'm stuck on a similar issue of @Stephen_Kane.

I'm new here in the Community and I hope that Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer or someone else can help me to come up with a solution.

I have 3 columns as follow:

Order ID	Attributes	Values
123	Quantity	1
123	Amount	$50
123	Product Name	Test Product 1
123	Category	Test Category 1
123	Quantity	2
123	Amount	$100
123	Product Name	Test Product 2
123	Category	Test Category 2
234	Quantity	1
234	Amount	$70
234	Product Name	Test Product 3
234	Category	Test Category 3
234	Quantity	1
234	Amount	$100
234	Product Name	Test Product 1
234	Category	Test Category 1

As you can see I have duplicate ATTRIBUTES and different type of VALUES (numbers, currencies and text).

I need to split each single attribute in columns with the corresponding value below.

Thank you in advance for helping me with this!