In this week’s blog post, I created this Power Query Pattern, which I created to add in spaces for CamelCase text within a column.

To get this to work for you, all that you do is need to make one change to the code.

Below is what the data looked like

Then I created the following Power Query Pattern below.

#"TRANSFORM - Camel Case" =
Table.TransformColumns(
#"Removed Columns3",
{{"Operation",
each Text.Combine(Splitter.SplitTextByPositions(Text.PositionOfAny(_, {"A".."Z"},2)) (_), " "), type text}})

 

  • To use this pattern below are the following changes that you will need to make it work in your Power Query Editor
  • Line 1
    • This is my step name
  • Line 2
    • This is where I am using the Table.TransformColumns
    • NOTE: Even though this does appear to only be used for transforming columns, it works for data within a column.
  • Line 3
    • This is referring to the previous step name, which is returning the table contents
  • Line 4
    • This is my column name where I want to add in the spaces. As with my image above the column was named “Operation”
    • NOTE: This is the only part of the pattern that needs to be changed.
  • Line 5

What I did to get this to work is I was in my Power Query Editor Window

I then clicked on Advanced Editor in the Home ribbon

I then added this step into my code as shown below.

I then clicked on Done

I went back to my column and I could now see the data with the spaces after each capital word

Conclusion

As you can see I have demonstrated how Powerful Power Query (see the multiple use of Power!) is to get the data in the shape that you require.

If you have any suggestions or comments please let me know.