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condolar
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Connecting 'Like' values

Hi there,

 

I am trying to connect some data on companies, and I am finding that in some places they list themselves as LLP or LTD or there is the use of and or & interchangably, and this is causing PowerBI to not see the connections. Is there a way to make sure it is linking value where the name is very close to each other?

 

For example if I have Deloitte in one and Deloitte LLP in the other, I need PowerBI to see they are the same, but by default it doesn't. My thought was I will need to create another column and remove all instances of those values (LLP, LTD etc etc). Could anyone advise on how best to do this?

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AndrewPF
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You could try merging the tables in Power Query using a fuzzy match.  You will then be able to see where the matching doesn't work and put in additional M code to accommodate. 

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