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Table.DemoteHeaders

Demotes the column headers to the first row of values.

Syntax​

Table.DemoteHeaders(
    table as table
) as table

Remarks​

Demotes the column headers (i.e. column names) to the first row of values. The default column names are "Column1", "Column2" and so on.

Examples​

Example #1​

Demote the first row of values in the table.

Table.DemoteHeaders(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Phone = "123-4567"],
        [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Phone = "987-6543"]
    })
)

Result:

Table.FromRecords({
    [Column1 = "CustomerID", Column2 = "Name", Column3 = "Phone"],
    [Column1 = 1, Column2 = "Bob", Column3 = "123-4567"],
    [Column1 = 2, Column2 = "Jim", Column3 = "987-6543"]
})

Category​

Table.Column operations