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Create a new table with distinct values

Hello,

 

I have a table with column name and date.

 

I need to create a new table with all the distinct names + distinct dates.

 

So lets say I have 5 unique names and 10 unique dates.

 

I need 50 rows. For each unique name a row with each unique date.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

Thank you.

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Greg_Deckler
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Something like this:

 

Table  = GENERATE(DISTINCT(Table2[Column1]),SELECTCOLUMNS(DISTINCT(Table3[Column1]),"__Column1",[Column1]))


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Greg_Deckler
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Something like this:

 

Table  = GENERATE(DISTINCT(Table2[Column1]),SELECTCOLUMNS(DISTINCT(Table3[Column1]),"__Column1",[Column1]))


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Would also love to know if there is a where clause like syntax in DAX 🙂

Hi Greg, is there a way to do this with the equivalent of a where clause in sql? Like if i wanted to get the distinct values from this table but only if another column in the table contained a certain value? 

@Greg_Deckleri'd be interested in the where clause problem of above answer, too.

Thank you very much!

LOOKUPVALUE() should work if you are expecting a single result. Otherwise, I would use CONCATENATEX(FILTER(VALUES(Table[Column]),FilterExpression),Table[Column],Delimiter)

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