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Table.Unpivot

Table.Unpivot

Translates a set of columns in a table into attribute-value pairs.
function (table as table, pivotColumns as list, attributeColumn as text, valueColumn as text) as table

Description

Translates a set of columns in a table into attribute-value pairs, combined with the rest of the values in each row.

Category

Table.Column operations

Examples

Take the columns "a", "b", and "c" in the table ({[ key = "x", a = 1, b = null, c = 3 ], [ key = "y", a = 2, b = 4, c = null ]}) and unpivot them into attribute-value pairs.
Table.Unpivot(Table.FromRecords({[ key = "x", a = 1, b = null, c = 3 ], [ key = "y", a = 2, b = 4, c = null ]}), { "a", "b", "c" }, "attribute", "value")
Table.FromRecords({ [ key = "x", attribute = "a", value = 1 ], [ key = "x", attribute = "c", value = 3 ], [ key = "y", attribute = "a", value = 2 ], [ key = "y", attribute = "b", value = 4 ] })