Table.FromRows

Syntax

Table.FromRows(rows as list, optional columns as any) as table

About

Creates a table from the list rows where each element of the list is an inner list that contains the column values for a single row. An optional list of column names, a table type, or a number of columns could be provided for columns.

Example 1

Return a table with column [CustomerID] with values {1, 2}, column [Name] with values {"Bob", "Jim"}, and column [Phone] with values {"123-4567", "987-6543"}.

Usage

Power Query M

Table.FromRows(
    {
        {1, "Bob", "123-4567"},
        {2, "Jim", "987-6543"}
    },
    {"CustomerID", "Name", "Phone"}

Output

Power Query M

Table.FromRecords({
    [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Phone = "123-4567"],
    [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Phone = "987-6543"]
})

Example 2

Return a table with column [CustomerID] with values {1, 2}, column [Name] with values {"Bob", "Jim"}, and column [Phone] with values {"123-4567", "987-6543"}, where [CustomerID] is number type, and [Name] and [Phone] are text types.

Usage

Power Query M

Table.FromRows(
    {
        {1, "Bob", "123-4567"},
        {2, "Jim", "987-6543"}
    },
    type table [CustomerID = number, Name = text, Phone = text]
)

Output

Power Query M

Table.FromRecords({
    [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Phone = "123-4567"],
    [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Phone = "987-6543"]
})