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9 years ago
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Merge queries?

Have I concluded correctly that I should use Merge Queries functionality to filter the results of another query?    In my scenario I have a list of transactions that can easily filter by date.  I o...
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Ok. Here's the work around I found.  Perhaps ineloquent, but functional. 

     

    1. I created a view that performed the join between the transaction table and customer table with everything from the customer and only the transaction date from the transaction table. 

    2. This was sourced and navigated to in Power Query where I filtered the transaction date like I did for the initial transaction table.

    3. I removed the transaction date column from the grid in Power Query using "Remove Columns".

    4. I then removed duplicate rows in Power Query using "Remove Rows".

     

    This ran quickly and deliver only the unique customers necessary.  I don't know what caused the problem, but if I had to guess it's likely Oracle and Power BI weren't playing nicely which prevented query folding to occur.