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bocsm
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Connect relationship many-to-one

Im trying to connect 2 tables with a many-to-one relationship but when I choose column that should be considered primary, Power BI sends me this error message:
"the selected column can't be the key column because it contains duplicate values. Choose a column that has unique values in every field." I have double checked and there are no duplicates. What can I do?

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bocsm
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Hi @Dhairya this is the data I want to set as the 'key column' but PBI is saying it contains duplicate values

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Dhairya
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Hey @bocsm 
Please share the sample data on which you are trying to create a relationship.

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