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MrTechie
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Merge Queries in Power Query

Hello community, I have data as below,

Table 1:

Date                  AccountCode                            Value

1/01/2024nullnull
31/12/2023nullnull
30/12/2023nullnull
29/12/2023nullnull
28/12/2023nullnull
27/12/2023nullnull
26/12/2023nullnull
25/12/2023nullnull
24/12/2023nullnull
23/12/2023Allocated Delivery0.262
23/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation0.025
22/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation0.025
22/12/2023Allocated Delivery0.245

 

Table 2:

 

Date               AccountCode                               Value

1/01/2024nullnull
31/12/2023Allocated Delivery31
31/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation31
30/12/2023Allocated Delivery30
30/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation30
29/12/2023Allocated Delivery29
29/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation29
28/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation28
28/12/2023Allocated Delivery28
27/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation27
27/12/2023Allocated Delivery27
26/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation26
26/12/2023Allocated Delivery26
25/12/2023Allocated Delivery25
25/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation25
24/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation24
24/12/2023Allocated Delivery24
23/12/2023Allocated Delivery23
23/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation23
22/12/2023Authorised Overrun Reservation22
22/12/2023Allocated Delivery22

 

when I merge the above two tables using Full Outer join and Date, Account Code as key columns, I am getting weird output.

 I didn't understand why the query created extra rows. My expected output is:

 

 

Finally, I want to achieve, if the date is < today, then get value else Table_2.Value.

 

Please suggest me how to do this. TIA

 

 

 

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