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mrben100
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Join 2 tables left outter join fo 2 columns

I have the following data sample

Untitled1.png

I am trying to get for each machine 28 rows of data with 0 values for col1 & col2 for the rows that does not exist.

So i created another table by the following function

GENERATE(DISTINCT(merge1[Date]),SELECTCOLUMNS(DISTINCT(merge1[Machine]),"Machine1",[Machine]))

and i got this

Untitled2.png

So i tryed to join the 2 tables by (NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN) but i got the error (

at-least one common join column).

I want my result table looks like the first table with 56 rows & 0 value for col1 & col2 for the new rows.

the date column & Machine column filled with its info.

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v-lili6-msft
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hi, @mrben100 

If you could use LOOKUPVALUE Function in table that based on GENERATE(DISTINCT(merge1[Date]),SELECTCOLUMNS(DISTINCT(merge1[Machine]),"Machine1",[Machine])) 

Column1 = LOOKUPVALUE(merge1[col1],merge1[Date],'Table'[Date],merge1[Machine],'Table'[Machine1])
Column2 = LOOKUPVALUE(merge1[col2],merge1[Date],'Table'[Date],merge1[Machine],'Table'[Machine1])

Result:

3.JPG

 

Best Regards,

Lin

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

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v-lili6-msft
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Community Support

hi, @mrben100 

If you could use LOOKUPVALUE Function in table that based on GENERATE(DISTINCT(merge1[Date]),SELECTCOLUMNS(DISTINCT(merge1[Machine]),"Machine1",[Machine])) 

Column1 = LOOKUPVALUE(merge1[col1],merge1[Date],'Table'[Date],merge1[Machine],'Table'[Machine1])
Column2 = LOOKUPVALUE(merge1[col2],merge1[Date],'Table'[Date],merge1[Machine],'Table'[Machine1])

Result:

3.JPG

 

Best Regards,

Lin

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