Change Data Structure

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Excel_ZM

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Hello,

I was looking to do a Power Bi but the excel file that I am using has data in an unfriendly way for Power Bi

Current data structure


2014
2015
2016
Measure #1
1
2
3
Measure #2
2
4
6
Measure #3
3
6
9

<tbody>
</tbody>

Desired Structure


Year
Value
Measure #1
1
2014
Measure #1
2
2015
Measure #1
3
2016
Measure #2
2
2014
Measure #2
4
2015
Measure #2
6
2016
Measure #3
3
2014
Measure #3
6
2015
Measure #3
9
2016

<tbody>
</tbody>

Do you know of any good way I can re-format this data in excel to get it into the new structure?

Alternatively, if there is any way in Power Bi to reformat the data that would be appreciated.
 

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[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Measure[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]2014[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]2015[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]2016[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Measure[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Attribute[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Value[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]Measure #1[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
1​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
2​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
3​
[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]Measure #1[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2014[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
1​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]Measure #2[/td][td]
2​
[/td][td]
4​
[/td][td]
6​
[/td][td][/td][td]Measure #1[/td][td]2015[/td][td]
2​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]Measure #3[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
3​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
6​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
9​
[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]Measure #1[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2016[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
3​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Measure #2[/td][td]2014[/td][td]
2​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]Measure #2[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2015[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
4​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Measure #2[/td][td]2016[/td][td]
6​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]Measure #3[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2014[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
3​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]Measure #3[/td][td]2015[/td][td]
6​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]Measure #3[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2016[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
9​
[/td][/tr]
[/table]

Code: 
[SIZE=1]// Table1
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    Type = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}}),
    Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Type, {"Measure"}, "Attribute", "Value")
in
    Unpivot[/SIZE]
 
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with PBI:

Code: 
[SIZE=1]let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8k1NLC4tSj20QNlQSUcJhI2A2FgpVgdZzggqbgLEZmhyxmD1IHEdJUul2FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Measure = _t, #"2014" = _t, #"2015" = _t, #"2016" = _t]),
    Type = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}}),
    Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Type, {"Measure"}, "Attribute", "Value")
in
    Unpivot[/SIZE]
 
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I pasted this into the advanced editor and it didn't work. Do you know what I am doing wrong here? I'm relatively new to power bi.​

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\user_X\Desktop\Book1.xlsx"), null, true),
Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Sheet1_Sheet,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", Int64.Type}, {"Column3", Int64.Type}, {"Column4", Int64.Type}}),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Changed Type", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}})
in
#"Changed Type1"
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
Type = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}}),
Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Type, {"Measure"}, "Attribute", "Value")
in
Unpivot​
[/FONT]
 
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post your codes using [CODE] ... [/CODE] tags

and usually M-code is not copy/paste solution, you must do each step yourself

the best way: post a link to the shared source data excel file, use googledrive, onedrive or any similar
 
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Code: 
[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]let[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\user_X\Desktop\Book1.xlsx"), null, true),[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Sheet1_Sheet,{{"Column1", type text}, {"Column2", Int64.Type}, {"Column3", Int64.Type}, {"Column4", Int64.Type}}),[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Changed Type", [PromoteAllScalars=true]),[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}})[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]in[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    #"Changed Type1"[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]let[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Type = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Measure", type text}, {"2014", Int64.Type}, {"2015", Int64.Type}, {"2016", Int64.Type}}),[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Type, {"Measure"}, "Attribute", "Value")[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]in[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]    Unpivot
[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]
​
<strike>
</strike>[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
 
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