Power Query - How to align the first value and 2nd value to respective columns

[sara121]

I have converted PDF to Excel. For some reasons, the numbers in the row do not align with the header.
In the example below, I expect th first number in th row to be aligned under Column "B". and the 2nd number seen in the row to be aligned under Column "Debit".

Can someone kindly advice how to acheive this using M code?

Thanks.

 

[smozgur]

You didn't say anything about the Debit value for the first 6 rows, but I will assume if there is no second number, then the Debit will be null (it could be changed to zero at the end).

My approach would be:

1. Select all columns
2. Add Column tab - > Merge Columns - Select a separator (I used dash as delimiter below) and you get the Merged column
3. Remove other columns (or keep them to verify the result).
4. Select the Merged column, and Home tab -> Split Column -> by delimiter - enter the delimiter you selected. You got the desired result. Change the column data types as you wish (currency maybe?)

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    MergeColumns = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Merged", each Text.Combine({Text.From([B]), Text.From([Column18]), Text.From([Debit]), Text.From([Column20])}, "-"), type text),
    RemovedOthers = Table.RemoveColumns(MergeColumns,{"B", "Column18", "Debit", "Column20"}),
    SplitColumn = Table.SplitColumn(RemovedOthers, "Merged", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("-", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"B", "Debit"})
in
    SplitColumn

 

[sara121]

You didn't say anything about the Debit value for the first 6 rows, but I will assume if there is no second number, then the Debit will be null (it could be changed to zero at the end).

My approach would be:

1. Select all columns
2. Add Column tab - > Merge Columns - Select a separator (I used dash as delimiter below) and you get the Merged column
3. Remove other columns (or keep them to verify the result).
4. Select the Merged column, and Home tab -> Split Column -> by delimiter - enter the delimiter you selected. You got the desired result. Change the column data types as you wish (currency maybe?)

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    MergeColumns = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Merged", each Text.Combine({Text.From([B]), Text.From([Column18]), Text.From([Debit]), Text.From([Column20])}, "-"), type text),
    RemovedOthers = Table.RemoveColumns(MergeColumns,{"B", "Column18", "Debit", "Column20"}),
    SplitColumn = Table.SplitColumn(RemovedOthers, "Merged", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("-", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"B", "Debit"})
in
    SplitColumn

Thanks so much!
The Merge Column with dash approach works!! Now I know that the "merge column" would ignore the null value. Thanks so much for the simple solution! Appreciate it!

 

[smozgur]

Thanks so much!
The Merge Column with dash approach works!! Now I know that the "merge column" would ignore the null value. Thanks so much for the simple solution! Appreciate it!

You're welcome. Glad to hear it helped.

Thanks for the feedback.