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I'm sure this is a simple query but I'm struggling.
I want to convert simple sales data that has 1 row for each Date but several products and Amounts in the adjacent cells.MVCells.pngImage Enlarger


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The attached file contains a rather clunky (but working) solution I made up myself. It requires a certain amount of M-code manipulation but it's not too advanced.

Now you can do all this with more advanced techniques like custom functions and List.Generate. Search on-line for 'split multiple columns into rows power query'. You may find similar or even clunkier ones than mine.

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Just as an alternative, you can split the two columns into lists and make a table out of them, then expand that table - see attached sample.

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Nice! @Velouria

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Thanks, though I can't claim credit. (unfortunately I've forgotten where I first came across that trick or I'd give proper attribution)

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Thanks heaps for both responses.
Velouria's is nice.  And simple.  Just how I like it.
That's not to take away from Riny's Clunker.  That was also helpful and introduced me to some concepts I hadn't considered before.

Thank you both.

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