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Anonymous
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3 years ago
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Comparing a Value from one table to a string in another table

Hi everyone,  I have the following situation: 1-) I have a table called 'Expense Category' as shown below: 2-) I have a second table with credit card statement called 'CreditCard':   ...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Please try like:

    = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Category", each Table.SelectRows(#"Expense Category",(x)=>Text.Contains([Expense Detail],x[Detail],Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))[Category]{0})

    and then repalce error.

     

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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Bifinity_75, I tested your solution, and it worked great also. I've got two distinct solutions for the same issue. appreciated. thanks. 

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daXtreme
Solution Sage
3 years ago

I wouldn't do that. It'll be painfully slow on a bigger data set. Instead, I'd use Power Query to break down the phrases into individual words stored in one column and then use such a table to match against these words. This is acually how it should be handled in a professional model.