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96 Common Challenges in Power Query: Practical Solutions for Mastering Data Transformation in Excel and Power BI
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96 Common Challenges in Power Query: Practical Solutions for Mastering Data Transformation in Excel and Power BI

by Omid Motamedisedeh
June 2025
Intermediate to advanced
697 pages
15h 21m
English
Apress
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O. Motamedisedeh96 Common Challenges in Power Queryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1288-0_4

4. Column Splitting and Merging

Omid Motamedisedeh1  
(1)
Coorparoo, QLD, Australia
 

Splitting and merging columns are two common tasks involved in transforming data. Column splitting is the process of dividing a single column into multiple columns based on a specified delimiter or a fixed number of characters, and column merging is the process of combining multiple columns into a single column. These two tasks are useful for consolidating data, simplifying structures, and preparing data for analysis.

Consider Table 4-1 as the Source table, which includes product IDs ...
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