January 26th, 2017

Transpose Data Based on Repeating Pattern in a Column in Power Query

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Senior Application Development Manager, Robert Reilly, walks us through an approach to transpose data based on repeating patterns in Power Query.


transposedataYou may run into a scenario where you receive data in say a CSV that needs to be transposed (Row become Columns).  If you want to transpose a table it’s pretty straight forward in Power Query.  However, when you want to group the data in the rows by a numbered pattern like the same categories repeat every third row then it’s not an out of the box operation you can do with the Power Query UI.  This post will cover an approach I came up with to solve this problem.

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