Table.UnpivotOtherColumns
This topic applies to the Power Query Formula Language which can be used with Power Query and Power BI Desktop to build queries that mashup data. See the list of function categories.
Translates all columns other than a specified set into attribute-value pairs, combined with the rest of the values in each row.
Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(table as table, pivotColumns as list, attributeColumn as text, valueColumn as text) as table
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| table | The Table to modify. |
| pivotColumns | The columns to skip transformation. |
| attributeColumn | The column to make the attribute. |
| valueColumn | The column to make the value. |
- The transformation is patterned after the SQL UNPIVOT operator.
Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Table.FromRecords({ [ key = "key1", attribute1 = 1, attribute2 = 2, attribute3 = 3 ], [ key = "key2", attribute1 = 4, attribute2 = 5, attribute3 = 6 ] }), { "key" }, "column1", "column2")
| key | column1 | column2 |
|---|---|---|
| key1 | attribute1 | 1 |
| key1 | attribute2 | 2 |
| key1 | attribute3 | 3 |
| key2 | attribute1 | 4 |
| key2 | attribute2 | 5 |
| key2 | attribute3 | 6 |
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