Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
Astrua
Regular Visitor

Finding the Delta between 2 nested tables

Hi All,

 

I have a list of data with 2 nested tables with before and after process data. How do I write the code to find the delta between the before and after table? row 1 and column 1 of [after] table subtract row 1 and column 1 of [before] table respectively for the rest of the data.

IDbeforeafter
1TableTable
2TableTable
3TableTable
4TableTable

The data in the nested table is like this

Before:

0.05220.04760.04390.0424
0.03560.03160.02860.0264
0.02210.01910.01620.0136
0.010.00790.00540.0033
-0.0008-0.0011-0.003-0.0051

After:

-0.098-0.0696-0.00040.0482
-0.071-0.00650.0320.0284
-0.00230.03230.020.0004
0.0360.023-0.0012-0.0203
0.02580.0013-0.0191-0.037
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlSK1YlWMgKTxmDSRCk2FgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "before", each Before),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "after", each After),
    #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Column1", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column1]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column1]),
    #"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "Column2", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column2]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column2]),
    #"Added Custom4" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom3", "Column3", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column3]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column3]),
    #"Added Custom5" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom4", "Column4", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column4]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column4])
in
    #"Added Custom5"

lbendlin_0-1696375278379.png

 

 

 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

 

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlSK1YlWMgKTxmDSRCk2FgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "before", each Before),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "after", each After),
    #"Added Custom2" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom1", "Column1", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column1]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column1]),
    #"Added Custom3" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "Column2", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column2]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column2]),
    #"Added Custom4" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom3", "Column3", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column3]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column3]),
    #"Added Custom5" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom4", "Column4", each [after]{[ID]-1}[Column4]-[before]{[ID]-1}[Column4])
in
    #"Added Custom5"

lbendlin_0-1696375278379.png

 

 

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.