unpivot

verb

unpivot

verb

Etymology From un- + pivot.

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Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation.

Unpivoting a cross tab reconstructs a table in a relational format from a cross-tab data source.2005, Rick Dobson, Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express Database Applications, page 243:

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