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marktvc
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5 years ago
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Merge data without loading both tables

Hi All,   I looking for an option to load data from to SQL tables in to one FACT table withouth having to load the second table.   I have used the "Merge Query" option, but that requires the seco...
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    Jimmy801
    5 years ago

    Hello marktvc 

     

    what is wrong in using the merge? However you have to load the second table in one way to other. And even if you merging both tables, and extracting only one column of your second table, Power query will not load all the second table but only the columns needed. How is the performance?


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5 years ago

marktvc 
You cannot not merge without having both tables in power bi, the workaround is only if you can merge the tables in datasource e.g. SQL database or Excel, then load the merged table in power bi.

 


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