Table.UnpivotOtherColumns

Syntax

Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(table as table, pivotColumns as list, attributeColumn as text, valueColumn as text) as table

About

Translates all columns other than a specified set into attribute-value pairs, combined with the rest of the values in each row.

Example 1

Translates all columns other than a specified set into attribute-value pairs, combined with the rest of the values in each row.

Usage

Power Query M

Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [key = "key1", attribute1 = 1, attribute2 = 2, attribute3 = 3],
        [key = "key2", attribute1 = 4, attribute2 = 5, attribute3 = 6]
    }),
    {"key"},
    "column1",
    "column2"
)

Output

Power Query M

Table.FromRecords({
    [key = "key1", column1 = "attribute1", column2 = 1],
    [key = "key1", column1 = "attribute2", column2 = 2],
    [key = "key1", column1 = "attribute3", column2 = 3],
    [key = "key2", column1 = "attribute1", column2 = 4],
    [key = "key2", column1 = "attribute2", column2 = 5],
    [key = "key2", column1 = "attribute3", column2 = 6]
})