Table.RemoveColumns

Removes the specified columns.

function (table as table, optional columns as nullable any, optional missingField as nullable any) as table

Description

Removes the specified columns from the table provided. If the column doesn't exist, an exception is thrown unless the optional parameter missingField specifies an alternative (eg. MissingField.UseNull or MissingField.Ignore).

Category

Table.Column operations

Examples

Remove column [Phone] from the table.

Table.RemoveColumns(Table.FromRecords({[CustomerID=1, Name="Bob", Phone = "123-4567"]}), "Phone")

Table.FromRecords({[CustomerID=1,Name="Bob"]})

Remove column [Address] from the table. Throws an error if it doesn't exist.

Table.RemoveColumns(Table.FromRecords({[CustomerID=1, Name="Bob", Phone = "123-4567"]}), "Address")

[Expression.Error] The field 'Address' of the record was not found.