Pivotting unpivotted data in Power Query

Question

Why can't I have the same number of records after pivotting unpivotted data in Power Query? Am I missing something?

Example:

Table.Pivot( Table.FromRecords({ [key = "x", attribute = "a", value = "r1"], [key = "x", attribute = "c", value = "r1"], [key = "x", attribute = "c", value = "r2"], [key = "y", attribute = "a", value = "r1"], [key = "y", attribute = "b", value = "r1"] }), {"a", "b", "c"}, "attribute", "value", List.Max <- aggregation function )

In this case, if I don't select to aggregate the data by any function available (Count, Count Distinct, Min, Max, Median) I get an error because "attribute = c" for "key = x" has multiple values associated with it. Wouldn't it be better to have those multiple values spread into distinct rows instead?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Domenico Ieracitano

I suggest you post a new thread in: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Query/bd-p/power-bi-services

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