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Table.FillDown

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Syntax

Table.FillDown(table as table, columns as list) as table

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Returns a table from the table specified where the value of a previous cell is propagated to the null-valued cells below in the columns specified.

Example 1

Return a table with the null values in column [Place] filled with the value above them from the table.

Usage

Table.FillDown(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [Place = 1, Name = "Bob"],
        [Place = null, Name = "John"],
        [Place = 2, Name = "Brad"],
        [Place = 3, Name = "Mark"],
        [Place = null, Name = "Tom"],
        [Place = null, Name = "Adam"]
    }),
    {"Place"}
)

Output

Table.FromRecords({
    [Place = 1, Name = "Bob"],
    [Place = 1, Name = "John"],
    [Place = 2, Name = "Brad"],
    [Place = 3, Name = "Mark"],
    [Place = 3, Name = "Tom"],
    [Place = 3, Name = "Adam"]
})