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abloor's avatar
abloor
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6 years ago
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Create a distinct list/table from multiple other tables

Hi,

 

I need to create a list/tabe of distinct/unique Names, but I need to take the values from a few different tables.

 

I have done this already in my document from one table with the below measure.  Can you please help me change it so I take it from 3 places? eg Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3?  These tables each have a slightly different list of names, some of which are duplicated in each table, some are unique.

 

NameBridging = CALCULATETABLE(DISTINCT('Table 1'[Name]),'Table 1'[Name] <> BLANK())

 

Thanks in advance!

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  • v-xicai's avatar
    v-xicai
    6 years ago

    Hi abloor ,

     

    To fix the error "Circular dependency detected" , you might not use CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE function in the DAX bridge table.

     

    You can create calculated table like DAX below, then you can filter out the blank value and create relationships as you need.

     

    Table = UNION(DISTINCT('Table 1'[Name]), DISTINCT('Table 2'[Name]),DISTINCT('Table 3'[Name]))

    Best Regards,

    Amy

     

    Community Support Team _ Amy

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    abloor please try values and union function

    Table = UNION(
VALUES(Table1[Name]),VALUES(Table2[Name]),VALUES(Table3[Name]))
    • abloor's avatar
      abloor
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      6 years ago

      Thanks Anonymous  that seems to be doing the trick however I can't link up the new table to Table 1 in the relationships view as it says there is a Circular dependency detected.  It's letting me link up Table 2 and 3 however.  I will have a play to see if I can get it working, but if you or anyone else has any other ideas that would be great.

       

      Thanks very much.

  • v-xicai's avatar
    v-xicai
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    6 years ago

    Hi abloor ,

     

    To fix the error "Circular dependency detected" , you might not use CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE function in the DAX bridge table.

     

    You can create calculated table like DAX below, then you can filter out the blank value and create relationships as you need.

     

    Table = UNION(DISTINCT('Table 1'[Name]), DISTINCT('Table 2'[Name]),DISTINCT('Table 3'[Name]))

    Best Regards,

    Amy

     

    Community Support Team _ Amy

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • abloor's avatar
      abloor
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      6 years ago

      Thanks v-xicai that seems to have done the trick.

       

      Thanks for you help Anonymous as well.

    • wesentadesse99's avatar
      wesentadesse99
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      Is it possible to use filter on one of the table to remove some unwanted attributes from the table