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Table.ExpandListColumn

Table.ExpandListColumn

Given a column of lists in a table, create a copy of a row for each value in its list.
function (table as table, column as text) as table

Description

Given a table, where a column is a list of values, splits the list into a row for each value. Values in the other columns are duplicated in each new row created.

Category

Table.Transformation

Examples

Split the list column [Name] in the table.
Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.FromRecords({[Name= {"Bob", "Jim", "Paul"}, Discount = .15]}), "Name")
Table.FromRecords({[Name="Bob", Discount=0.15],[Name="Jim", Discount=0.15],[Name="Paul", Discount=0.15]})