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Creating a Column that Searches for Strings in a Filtered Second Unrelated Table
I have a fairly convoluted problem that I could solve in a few minutes with Javascript but seem to be unable to solve with DAX or PowerBI. Heres my setup;
I have several tables, but of most importance to this problem, is a Search Term Data table and a Keyword Data table. These tables are both connected to a Campaigns table via a many to one relationship on a Campaign ID related connection.
I am trying to determine, for each entry in Search Term Data, if a Search Term already appears as a Keyword in the Keyword Data table. Complicating this challenge is the need for both Search Term Data and Keyword Data tables be filtered in scope to a specific Campaign ID for this query. If the value does already exist returning TRUE or "Yes" is an ideal goal.
I believe for this to work as intended, I need to create a new column so that each row of Search Term Data has its own result. When I searched around, most of the similar questions here did not work or account for this specific use case with both tables needing to be filtered first.
2 Replies
- belisqui
Advocate IV
A lot going on, so i'm not sure if I understood the scenario.
A few months ago I created a search keyword across multiple fields & table by playing around with the model.
Have you thought about merging Table.[Search Term Data] with Table.[Keyword Data] in the edit queries?
If you do that you can have both columns next to each other and easily do anything you want.
- create a new custom column = Text.From([CampaignID]) & "|" & Text.From([SearchTerm]) in Table.[Search Term Data]
- Then another in Table.[Keyword Data] = Text.From([CampaignID]) & "|" & Text.From([Keyword])
- Merge (Full Outer) both tables on the custom column.
- Create a new CampaignID column to combine both CampaingIDs in case of empty rows.
- Map that to Campaign table.
The end result can look like this:
(I merged Keyword into Search Term) I would send you this pbix if I could, but there isn't an option for that.
- v-diye-msft
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Hi Anonymous
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