Excel 365 vs Power Query: Unstacking Data in a Few Clicks

Excel 365 vs Power Query: Unstacking Data in a Few Clicks

In this video, we’ll tackle a common challenge in Excel: dealing with stacked data. Picture a list containing football players’ details, with each player’s information stacked in six repeating rows. To make this data usable, we need to unstack it—organizing each player’s details into its own row across multiple columns. This tutorial walks you through two methods to achieve this: using Excel’s WRAPROWS function (available in Excel 365) and Power Query.

With WRAPROWS, you can easily wrap a single column into rows with a set number of columns, turning the stacked data into a clean, structured format. If you’re not using Excel 365, don’t worry—Power Query offers a fantastic alternative with a few simple steps using List.Split and Table.FromRows.

This step-by-step guide will help you convert your stacked data into a usable table, ideal for further analysis. At the end, let us know which method works best for you!

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Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction to Stacked Data Problem
00:27 – WRAPROWS Function in Excel 365
00:45 – Power Query Alternative
00:31 – Loading Data into Power Query
01:31 – Final Comparison: WRAPROWS vs. Power Query

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