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Mueez
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5 years ago
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Help Needed with Lookup Function

Hi,

 

I have a very simple code in calculated cloumns where I am using lookup value to get required information from another table.

 

=LOOKUPVALUE('Knock off details for AP'[Document No.],'Knock off details for AP'[Vendor Ledger Entry No.],'Vendor Ledger Entries'[Entry No.],'Knock off details for AP'[Entry Type],"Application")

 

It is giving me the following error: Calculation error in column 'Vendor Ledger Entries'[]: A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected. 

 

I have manually checked and if done right above syntax should give only 1 result. Can someone please guide where I'm getting the code wrong.

 

 

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Mueez

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  • v-lionel-msft's avatar
    v-lionel-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi Mueez ,

     

    I give an sample.

    I have two tables like this.

    --Table

    --Table(2)

    Then I create a calculated column in 'Table'.

    The cause of the error is this, Table(2) has two values that are not aggregated.

    You can do like this.

    1. Create a calculated column in 'Table(2)'

    2. LOOKUPVALUE()

     

    Best regards,
    Lionel Chen

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  • v-lionel-msft's avatar
    v-lionel-msft
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi Mueez ,

     

    I give an sample.

    I have two tables like this.

    --Table

    --Table(2)

    Then I create a calculated column in 'Table'.

    The cause of the error is this, Table(2) has two values that are not aggregated.

    You can do like this.

    1. Create a calculated column in 'Table(2)'

    2. LOOKUPVALUE()

     

    Best regards,
    Lionel Chen

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • Mueez's avatar
      Mueez
      Frequent Visitor
      5 years ago

      Thank you so much! 

      Much Thanks!

       

      Regards,

      Mueez

  • Fowmy's avatar
    Fowmy
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Mueez 

    For the criteria you provided in the LOOKUPVALUE function, there could be more than one value returned from 

    'Knock off details for AP'[Document No.]. Please check the table 'Knock off details for AP'

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    • Mueez's avatar
      Mueez
      Frequent Visitor
      5 years ago

      @Fowmy Thanks for replying

      I am pretty sure there are no duplicates because when I change code as following I stop getting error.

      = LOOKUPVALUE ('Cancellation details for AP' [Document No.], 'Knock off details for AP' [Vendor Ledger Entry No.], <hard code entry number>, 'Knock off details for AP' [ Entry Type], "Application" )

      But this is obvioulsy not what I want. The formula needs to iterate through each line in of the table.

      Best Regards,

      Mueez

      • Mueez's avatar
        Mueez
        Frequent Visitor
        5 years ago

        Fowmy 

         

        Also, even if say there are duplicates. Isn't there way we can handle those?

         

        Regards,

        Mueez