Table.TransformColumnNames
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.
Transforms column names by using the given nameGenerator function. Valid options: MaxLength specifies the maximum length of new column names. If the given function results with a longer column name, the long name will be trimmed. Comparer is used to control the comparison while generating new column names. Comparers can be used to provide case insensitive or culture and locale aware comparisons. The following built in comparers are available in the formula language:
Comparer.Ordinal: Used to perform an exact ordinal comparisonComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase: Used to perform an exact ordinal case-insensitive comparison-
Comparer.FromCulture: Used to perform a culture aware comparison
Table.TransformColumnNames(table as table, nameGenerator as function, optional options as nullable record) as table
Remove the #(tab) character from column names
Table.TransformColumnNames(Table.FromRecords({[#"Col#(tab)umn" = 1]}), Text.Clean)
| Column |
|---|
| 1 |
Transform column names to generate case-insensitive names of length 6.
Table.TransformColumnNames(Table.FromRecords({[ColumnNum = 1, cOlumnnum = 2, coLumnNUM = 3]}), Text.Clean, [MaxLength = 6, Comparer = Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase])
|Column|cOlum1|coLum2|
|----------|
|1|2|3|