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lukaspowerbi
Helper II
8 years ago
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Joining multiple tables/queries

I am trying to build a summary table displaying countries in one column and some numbers (Members,Joins,Expires) for those countries in other columns.   That is my desired (simplified) result: Cou...
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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    8 years ago

    Hi lukaspowerbi

     

    Sorry for the late reply.  Did you get this one sorted?

     

    I'm guessing there is a subtle difference in the spelling, or even a rogue space that needs to be cleaned for an exact match

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lukaspowerbi
Helper II
8 years ago

Hi Phil_Seamark

I am not sure what's easier to explain so that I can accomplish this whether dax or merging queries.....

 

I am not sure if merging queries solves the problem. Can you give me an example of how to merge let's say two tables/queries?

In both tables there are countries that may not be in another table. 

 

Country      Members      

Canada       50                  

USA            80                  

UK              40   

Brazil          20         

 

Country         Joins   

Canada          20       

USA               30   

UK                 25

Australia        10 

 

My desired output is to combine all countries in both columns:

Country      Members     Joins 

Canada       50                  20

USA            80                  30

UK              40                  25

Brazil          20                  0

Australia     0                    10

 

Member IDs per country is the formula (2 columns)

Hope it makes sense.

 

  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    HI lukaspowerbi,

     

    In the Query Editor, I created the following two tables.

     

    Table1

    and Table2

     

    I then chose the Merge Queries as New option

     

    I then configure the Merge dialog as follows.  Be sure to click the Country column in bot tables. 

     

    In the newly created table, click the "expand columns" button in the top right hand corner

     

    Configure the dialog as follows and click ok

     

    Now add a new column to combine the two contry fields as follows

     

     

    Delete the 1st and 3rd columns ("Country" and "Table2.Country"), and rename the 5th column from "Custom" to "Country".

     

    Highlight the 1st and 2nd columns and use the Replace Values function on the Home table to convert nulls to zeros.

     

     

    Then rename, and reorder your columns and you are good to go.

     

     

    • lukaspowerbi's avatar
      lukaspowerbi
      Helper II
      8 years ago

      Hi Phil_Seamark.
      You have been a great help. Thank you!!!

       

      I have one more thing that I would like to ask you about if there is a way to do some work around.

      I added a custom column and replaced null values from the first Country column by values in the 5th column.
      However, there is Papua New Guinea that causes a bit issue. I attached a screenshot where I highlighted the issue in the pic below.

       

       

       

       

       

       

      • Phil_Seamark's avatar
        Phil_Seamark
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi lukaspowerbi

         

        Sorry for the late reply.  Did you get this one sorted?

         

        I'm guessing there is a subtle difference in the spelling, or even a rogue space that needs to be cleaned for an exact match