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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Problem with LOOKUPVALUE not searching multiple columns

Am I right in saying that I cannot use the same Search_ColumnName twice when using the LOOKUPVALUE function?

I have 4 columns in one table with values that match the Search_ColumnName values in another table and I am trying to use the same Search_ColumnName for all 4 Search_Values and its is giving me blanks in the new column. 

Example 1 (This works with the correct values in the new column)

 

Teamowner = LOOKUPVALUE(Owner[Owner],Owner[Team],S3SSL[tags2])

 
Example 2 (This one just gives me blanks in the new column)

Teamowner = LOOKUPVALUE(Owner[Owner],Owner[Team],S3SSL[tags1],Owner[Team],S3SSL[tags2],Owner[Team],[tags3],Owner[Team],S3SSL[tags4])
 
What is the best way to combine the 4 columns in the S3SSL table to one new column using the values in the Owner table?


 

5 Replies

  • johnt75's avatar
    johnt75
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    3 years ago

    If you know that there will only be 1 row which matches then you could use

    Teamowner =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    FILTER (
        Owner,
        Owner[Team] IN { S3SSL[tags1], S3SSL[tags2], S3SSL[tags3], S3SSL[tags4] }
    ),
    Owner[Owner]
)
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      3 years ago

      Thank you for the reply but unfortunately that didnt work.

       

      This is what I am trying to achieve

       

       

      • johnt75's avatar
        johnt75
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        3 years ago

        You need to filter out the blanks as well,

        Teamowner =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
    FILTER (
        Owner,
        Owner[Team]
            IN { S3SSL[tags1], S3SSL[tags2], S3SSL[tags3], S3SSL[tags4] }
                && NOT ISBLANK ( Owner[Team] )
    ),
    Owner[Owner]
)
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    3 years ago

    Still no joy on this one so I ended up creating a conditional column, which also gave me errors until I added a character to the blank spaces in each column and then it gave me what I needed. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    3 years ago

    The problem is with the final parameter but it gives no expalanation as to what the issue might be.