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capko's avatar
capko
Helper II
3 years ago

Distinct elements related to another column

Hello,

 

I have the following table:

 

| A  | B  |
|----|----|
| A1 | M1 |
| A1 | M2 |
| A2 | M5 |
| A2 | M3 |
| A2 | M1 |
| A2 | M3 |
| A3 | M7 |
| A3 | M1 |

 

 

I need to find the distinct elements on the column 'A' and to create another column with the first element of the column 'B' found for the element in 'A'. The result will be something like this:

 

 

| A  | B  |
|----|----|
| A1 | M1 |
| A2 | M5 |
| A3 | M7 |

 

I've already tried several ways but I don't know how to obtain the final result...

5 Replies

  • Hi capko 
    In the power query view, choose remove duplicate under rows, and this should do it. or use distinct ( as a measure or calculated column)

    • capko's avatar
      capko
      Helper II

      I need to do it using DAX. I started like this:

       

      Test=
      VAR A = SUMMARIZE(Table;Table[A])
      RETURN A

       

       

      But with this I only can return a table with distinct elements

      • galaamri's avatar
        galaamri
        Helper I
        Measure =
         var _A = DISTINCT('Table'[A])
                 return
                 _A
            
  • Does anyone knows how to help me with this one please ?