Table.ReorderColumns Function in Power Query

The Table.ReorderColumns function returns a table with specific columns in an order relative to one another.

Syntax

Table.ReorderColumns(table as table, columnOrder as list, optional missingField as nullable number) as table

Example:

Power Query M

let
  MyTable = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Ashish", Marks = 568], 
      [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Katrina", Marks = 855], 
      [CustomerID = 3, Name = "Alia", Marks = 380], 
      [CustomerID = 4, Name = "Vicky", Marks = 458], 
      [CustomerID = 5, Name = "Mohini", Marks = 278], 
      [CustomerID = 6, Name = "Meenakshi", Marks = 289], 
      [CustomerID = 7, Name = "Esha", Marks = 875], 
      [CustomerID = 8, Name = "Anjali", Marks = 380]
    }
  ), 
  return = Table.ReorderColumns(MyTable, {"Marks", "Name"})
in
  return

The output of the above code is shown below:

Table.ReorderColumns function in Power Query

Example: Use the third parameter in the function, MissingField.UseNull.

Power Query M

let
  MyTable = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Ashish", Marks = 568], 
      [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Katrina", Marks = 855], 
      [CustomerID = 3, Name = "Alia", Marks = 380], 
      [CustomerID = 4, Name = "Vicky", Marks = 458], 
      [CustomerID = 5, Name = "Mohini", Marks = 278], 
      [CustomerID = 6, Name = "Meenakshi", Marks = 289], 
      [CustomerID = 7, Name = "Esha", Marks = 875], 
      [CustomerID = 8, Name = "Anjali", Marks = 380]
    }
  ), 
  return = Table.ReorderColumns(MyTable, {"Marks", "Name", "Status"}, MissingField.UseNull)
in
  return

The output of the above code is shown below:

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