Power Query column alignment

[jenksdev]

Hello.

First time here, I hope I'm posting this in the right area.

Please note that while the linked document contains names and addresses, it from a public database and is therefore not a breach of any kind of data protection (United Kingdom's company database from the official government website).

Anyway, what I am struggling with is the inconsistent data output. In the attached file, taking row 1353 as an example, the data shows 'country_of_residence' in the column headed 'premises'.

What I am trying to figure out is how to create a set of steps / queries in order to correctly align the data based on the column headers, as the headers will not change. Once the data is properly aligned, I will then cleanse it and remove all speech marks etc - the easy bit.

I've toyed with it, and can filter out the records that do not match the column headers, but I cannot figure out how to reassign them to the correct column.

Please could someone offer an insight in to how this is possible?

Thanks,

Ben

File is downloadable from Google Drive (in .xlsx format) here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JMtxILfIvSCDfoTboqEx9kXAP8QofK3T

 

[sandy666]

you are welcome

use solution with Parsed JSON, much easier and faster (with whole 5 GB file)

have a nice day