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fbostan1
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4 years ago
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power query IF statement help

how to write a formula in powerbi for "if a column from my current table equals to a column in another table then its xxx if not xxx"? I can't do conditional column becase the two columns are in two...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi fbostan1 ,

     

    My Sample is as below.

    Table1:

    Table2:

    Custom column:

     

    if List.Contains(Table2[Column1],[Column1]) = true then "Y" else "N"

     

    Result is as below.

     

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

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parry2k
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4 years ago

fbostan1 it will be easier if you put a sample data of both tables in excel sheet and the expected output, and share it using one drive/google drive and try to put something together for you.

 

 

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