Power Query Unpivot - fix 4 common data layouts (incl. workbook)

How to use Excel Power Query Unpivot to fix 4 common data layouts, so your data is in the correct tabular layout to work with functions and PivotTables the way they were designed.
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Thanks Power Query Unpivot - fix 4 common data layouts 2017 06 05 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3qwop6daJqUmqM 19min23 00:00 intro 00:40 - Ideal format, Tabular 00:57 - Step by step instructions in downloaded example file 01:05 - Sales info by person by year with row totals 01:40 - How to start PowerQuery 02:00 - PowerQuery Editor Window 02:50 - Unpivot the year columns 03:49 - Rename Columns 04:05 - Change data types 04:25 - Rename Query 04:32 - Close and Load 04:48 - Refresh query output table 06:13 - Example 2: Partial tabular, repeating columns monthly hours and costs 06:42 - load to PowerQuery 07:00 - Unpivot the “values” columns 07:28 - Split month out to separate column: Split Column feature 08:02 - Pivot the Attribut column to separate Hours and Costs 08:39 - Close and Load to Excel 09:13 - Example 3: column headings over 2 rows 09:45 - Format data as table 10:18 - Load to PowerQuery 10:21 - Merge 2 header rows into 1, Transpose data 10:43 - Merge the first columns 10:50 - Fill down month values 11:04 - Perform merge: Transform tab > Text Columns group > Merge Columns command 12:05 - Trim leading spaces 12:10 - transpose back 12:14 - Promote first row to become header 12:27 - Unpivot 12:48 - Split month out of attribute column 12:57 - Trim unwanted space at front of column/ 13:03 - Pivot the attribute column to split Account hours and account costs 13:16 - Rename columns 13:20 - Close and Load 13:50 - Example 4: Stacks of repeating rows 14:25 - Convert data to table 14:38 - Load to PowerQuery 14:44 - Filter to delete blank rows and total rows 15:14 - Add index column for unique numbers 15:33 - Pivot Column don’t aggregate 15:56 - Values now in staggered stacks with null values between rows 16:19 - Fill up: Transform tab > Table group > Fill up button 16:41 - review result, filled rows 17:00 - Delete duplicate rows with null values 17:09 - Remove Index column 17:16 - format date column as date only 17:44 - close and load . Keep up the good work.

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Mynda, thank you for this video! You've changed my life. Over this weekend, I had to pull data from over 400 bi-weekly print-formatted timecards made in excel. They each had 2 non-formatted tables of weeks, and separate rows for each department worked in (thankfully, column & row numbers were consistent for all of them). Using a combination of your pivot scenarios plus your "multiple files containing multiple sheets" video, I was able to get the data from ALL of the timecards in tabular format (one row per dept-date-hours) in just about 8 hours' work! And I can just refresh the query as new timecards are added! Not to mention all the error-catching utility. Thank you!!!

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Hi Mynda. Awesome Unpivot examples! Really helps to learn the concepts. Would love to see you do a video on say a dozen of the most common Unpivot problems that you see in the workplace. Thanks for sharing this great information and also for providing the workbook and data to follow along. Most appreciated :)) Thumbs up!!

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