Другой подход для BigQuery Standard SQL показан ниже
#standardSQL
WITH `project.dataset.table` AS (
SELECT 1 id, 'a|b|c' col1, 'n|o|p' col2 UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'd|e', 'q|r' UNION ALL
SELECT 3, 'f|g|h|i', 's|t|u|v' UNION ALL
SELECT 4, 'j', 'w' UNION ALL
SELECT 5, 'k|l|m', 'x|y|z'
)
SELECT
id,
SPLIT(col1, '|')[SAFE_ORDINAL(pos)] value1,
SPLIT(col2, '|')[SAFE_ORDINAL(pos)] value2
FROM `project.dataset.table`,
UNNEST(GENERATE_ARRAY(1, ARRAY_LENGTH(SPLIT(col1, '|')))) pos
с ожидаемым результатом
Row id value1 value2
1 1 a n
2 1 b o
3 1 c p
4 2 d q
5 2 e r
6 3 f s
7 3 g t
8 3 h u
9 3 i v
10 4 j w
11 5 k x
12 5 l y
13 5 m z