Add column based on a list from another table

[Croy]

I have 2 tables (which are obtained via two separate queries):

- In Details table I have columns like Date, Country, Customer, Text and some other columns

- In Products table I have a list of products (in a column)

The Text column from Details table contains something like this: "Info request on product Delta" or "Inquiry about Gamma issues". Delta and Gamma are products listed in the Products table.

What I want is to add a Product column in Details table based on what the Text column contains and matching it with the Products table.

Any idea how to do this? Can I do it with power query M language? Or do I need DAX?

I want to slice and dice my Products based on Date, Country, Customer etc from Details event though my Products are buried in the Text column.

[Anonymous]

Hi Croy, if you link both tables using "Product" as the relationship point you should be able to create a new column on your Details Table using  = RELATED(Product[Product]) 

[Greg_Deckler]

I'm thinking you will want to use the DAX SEARCH or FIND functions to achieve what you are going after. Perhaps coupled with LOOKUPVALUE as well. Now that I am thinking about it, I don't generally reference other queries from a single query in M in the manner you are describing.

[Zubair_Muhammad · Accepted solution]

Hi @Croy

Try this calculated column in DETAILS table

Calculated Column =
CONCATENATEX (
    FILTER ( Products, SEARCH ( Products[Products], Details[Text],, 0 ) > 0 ),
    Products[Products],
    ", "
)

[ysaykin]

Hi Zubair, if the text field contains multiple keywords the formula returns multiple categories. Anyway to just get the first one that matches.

[Croy]

Awesome solution Zubair. Many thanks 🙂

[afzalphatan]

@Croy this formual by zubai should give the result as u suggested