Table.FromPartitions

Syntax

Table.FromPartitions(
    partitionColumn as text,
    partitions as list,
    optional partitionColumnType as nullable type
) as table

About

Returns a table that is the result of combining a set of partitioned tables, partitions. partitionColumn is the name of the column to add. The type of the column defaults to any, but can be specified by partitionColumnType.

Example 1

Find item type from the list {number}.

Usage

Table.FromPartitions(
    "Year",
    {
        {
            1994,
            Table.FromPartitions(
                "Month",
                {
                    {
                        "Jan",
                        Table.FromPartitions(
                            "Day",
                            {
                                {1, #table({"Foo"}, {{"Bar"}})},
                                {2, #table({"Foo"}, {{"Bar"}})}
                            }
                        )
                    },
                    {
                        "Feb",
                        Table.FromPartitions(
                            "Day",
                            {
                                {3, #table({"Foo"}, {{"Bar"}})},
                                {4, #table({"Foo"}, {{"Bar"}})}
                            }
                        )
                    }
                }
            )
        }
    }
)

Output

Table.FromRecords({
    [
        Foo = "Bar",
        Day = 1,
        Month = "Jan",
        Year = 1994
    ],
    [
        Foo = "Bar",
        Day = 2,
        Month = "Jan",
        Year = 1994
    ],
    [
        Foo = "Bar",
        Day = 3,
        Month = "Feb",
        Year = 1994
    ],
    [
        Foo = "Bar",
        Day = 4,
        Month = "Feb",
        Year = 1994
    ]
})

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