Excel Power Pivot combining multiple sources into column

Question

I have multiple similar data files with a large overlap of similar rows. I'd like to combine them so that a given column from each set appears in a distinct column in a new table. Essentially this is very similar to a standard pivot table where the source is a column field and the values of the field are those of the original files where present.

So for 2 source files:

File 1

and File 2

I'd like to end up with:

So all the common data is in the row and there is one column for each file containing the "Status" (or blank if that row isn't present).

I want to have this as a data source that I can then pivot. Is this possible? I know how to combine the files into a single source using Get Data -> From Folder and I know I can then pivot that data, but it doesn't get me to the final solution above.

Answer 1

Assuming you've got 2 separate queries bringing in data from the 2 source files as listed above, first step would be to add a 'File' column to each of them ie Table.AddColumn(#"Previous Step", "File", each "File 1/2/3 etc", type text) , ie so you end up with: and

Then Append the 2 adjusted tables to give you this

Select the 'File' column, go to Transform => Pivot Column and in the pivot window choose 'Status' as the Values column and Don't Aggregate as the Aggregate Function

Which gives you your desired result