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Anonymous
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Look up data and append to same row within table

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:

IDNameFriend ID
1Alex3
2Joe3
3Bob1
4Phil2
5Marknull

 

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

IDNameFriend IDFRIEND NAME
1Alex3Bob
2Joe3Bob
3Bob1Alex
4Phil2Joe
5Marknullnull

 

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!

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sevenhills
Super User
Super User

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())

 

sevenhills_0-1686163715500.png

 

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sevenhills
Super User
Super User

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())

 

sevenhills_0-1686163715500.png

 

Anonymous
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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. 

Glad to hear that it worked ! Thanks

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