unpivot en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + pivot.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpivoted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unpivoted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unpivots | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unpivoting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |