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Pattern Difficulty: Lo Code
Number Grouped Rows Recipe
Initial Preparation
Sort any [Dimension] column(s) to group the data
Sort the [Fact] column -> Descending
Re-apply the column data types
Group the Data
Go to Transform -> Group -> Advanced
Group by the [Dimension] column(s)
Add a new column called “Data” -> All Rows
Add Row Numbers
Go to Add Column -> Custom Column
Name: Custom
Formula: =Table.AddIndexColumn([Data], "Index", 1, 1)
Right click the [Custom] column -> Remove Other Columns
Expand all columns from [Custom]
Re-order the columns if desired
(Image of a Source Table containing data first listed by Group, then category. A second Table With Numbered Rows image shows the addition with an index column where each Category within a Group is numbered sequentially by row.)
DBAs know this output as using SQL’s ROW_NUMBER with PARTITION
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