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Muki
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Append tables with different column names but similar data

‎01-26-2018 02:19 PM

 

Hi all

 

I'm looking for a solution to append multiple tables into 1 table without renaming initial column names.

Reason why I cant change the column names is because that was the initial situation in my reports. I have to find another solution to append my tables as the 'scheduled refresh' functionality in PowerBi Server apparently doesn't support non-unique column names.

 

So table C is what I would like to get:

 

 

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Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Muki

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MattAllington
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‎01-26-2018 04:59 PM

Inside the query editor, you just connect to both source tables.  From there you can rename the columns regardless of what is in the sources. Then append from there


* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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MattAllington
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‎01-26-2018 04:59 PM

Inside the query editor, you just connect to both source tables.  From there you can rename the columns regardless of what is in the sources. Then append from there


* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.
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Oxigeno
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In response to MattAllington

‎02-27-2019 09:04 AM

Could you be more specific, pleas? I do not follow you. How to connect both source tables?

txs

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