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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Creating a new column by combining two different columns from different tables

I have three different tables - Master, Servers and Workstations. 

 

They all contain the same columns but Server and Workstation are filtered for Device Type = Server or Workstation. The tables, Server and Workstation each also contain an additional column called Status. 

 

I want to combine the status columns in Server and Workstation and bring it over to Master. How do I do this?

 

 

 

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  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    v-lid-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    If you have the "one to many" relationship  from master tables to the others, we can try to create a calculated column using following formula:

     

    Status =
"Server: " & CONCATENATEX ( RELATEDTABLE ( 'Server' ), [Status], "," )
    & UNICHAR ( 10 ) & "Workstation: "
    & CONCATENATEX ( RELATEDTABLE ( 'Workstation' ), [Status], "," )

     

    If they have the one to one relationship, we can use the following formula to create a calculated column:

    Status =
"Server: " & RELATED ( 'Server'[Status] )
    & UNICHAR ( 10 ) & "Workstation: "
    & RELATED ( 'Workstation'[Status] )

     


    If it doesn't meet your requirement, kindly share your sample data and expected result to me if you don't have any Confidential Information. Please upload your files to One Drive and share the link here.


    Best regards,

     

     

5 Replies

  • az38's avatar
    az38
    Community Champion
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    Just create relationships Master - Servers and Master - Workstaions (both one-to-many) and add columns to visual

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      Thanks! I created the relationship but  the column that should have the combined values from Server and Workstation is not doing so?

       

      • az38's avatar
        az38
        Community Champion
        6 years ago

        Anonymous 

        what do you mean "combine"? how it should look like? give an example please

         

  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    v-lid-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    How about the result after you follow the suggestions mentioned in my original post?Could you please provide more details about it If it doesn't meet your requirement?


    Best regards,