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Hi, how to create a dimension table from 2 different tables without including the (Blank) value?
Below doesn't work as it includes (Blank) as one of the value which cause many to many relationship.
Country = distinct(union(all(TableA[Country]),all(TableB[Country])))
TableA:
Country |
(Blank) |
USA |
Canada |
Guam |
TableB:
Country |
USA |
Puerto Rico |
Australia |
Dim_Table:
Country |
USA |
Canada |
Guam |
USA |
Puerto Rico |
Australia |
Solved! Go to Solution.
updated version:
Country =
VAR vFilter = {"","null","(Blank)",BLANK()}
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)
return vUnion
This is a more dynamic approach,
1) select define values
2) select columns from source table A | B
3) Filter vTableA|B
4) Union
Hi @PBI_newuser
not sure if the most elegant solution, but it works:
Country =
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,[Country] <> BLANK() && [Country] <> "(Blank)" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "null")
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,[Country] <> BLANK() && [Country] <> "(Blank)" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "null")
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)
return vUnion
updated version:
Country =
VAR vFilter = {"","null","(Blank)",BLANK()}
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)
return vUnion
This is a more dynamic approach,
1) select define values
2) select columns from source table A | B
3) Filter vTableA|B
4) Union
Hi, in DAX or PowerQuery?
In PQ you could append those two table and then remove duplicates
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