Look up data and append to same row within table

[Anonymous]

Hello Experts,

I have an interesting use case where I have data contained in a table, but the data does not contain a certain level of information that I need for visualization purposes. I need to somehow search through the table based on one column and append the results of a different row to the original row. Bit hard to explain so here's an example:

I have the following data set:

ID	Name	Friend ID
1	Alex	3
2	Joe	3
3	Bob	1
4	Phil	2
5	Mark	null

I want to add a "Friend Name" column as such:

ID	Name	Friend ID	FRIEND NAME
1	Alex	3	Bob
2	Joe	3	Bob
3	Bob	1	Alex
4	Phil	2	Joe
5	Mark	null	null

However, I cannot figure out how to do this. The iterative process of looking at each row individually and then searching through the table is tripping me up. 

Thanks for your help!

[sevenhills · Accepted solution]

If you want the column in DAX, you can do as below: Say, your table is 

Parent_Child_Lookup

Friend Name = LOOKUPVALUE(Parent_Child_Lookup[Name], Parent_Child_Lookup[ID], Parent_Child_Lookup[Friend ID], BLANK())

[Anonymous]

That worked perfectly! Thank you very much! I knew it was something simple using the LOOKUPVALUE function, I just couldn't figure it out. Much appreciated. 

[sevenhills]

Glad to hear that it worked ! Thanks