You connect Power BI to a CSV export that contains a column named Attributes whose cells hold JSON text strings. You must transform this semi-structured content so that each row displays the FirstName and LastName properties as separate columns. In the Power Query Editor, which transformation should you apply first to the Attributes column before expanding its fields?
Transform > Parse > JSON to change the text strings into Record values.
Invoke a custom column function that wraps each value with Json.Document.
Split Column by Delimiter using commas and colons.
Convert the column to a List and then use To Table.
The Parse > JSON command converts each JSON text value into a structured Record value. Once the column contains Records, the expand icon can be used to promote the individual properties to separate columns, producing a relational table layout. Splitting by delimiters treats the text as plain characters and cannot understand nested structures. Converting the column to a List merely nests the data inside a single column without tabularizing it. Calling Json.Document in a custom function would work, but it adds unnecessary complexity and is not the recommended wizard-based approach when the built-in Parse command exists.
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