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Merged table - Match on two potential columns?
- 4 years ago
Hi, jdubs ;
You could merge it in power query.
1.merge it
2.expand name.
3.merge it again.
4.expand name.
5.merge two columns.
The final output is shown below:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8sxLyi/NS1HSUTIyNNI1NDLWNTE1M1eK1YlW8i8tQZaztDDXNTM1MQbLoWkzNARhQ6XYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Call Type" = _t, #"Phone Number" = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Call Type", type text}, {"Phone Number", type text}}), #"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Changed Type", {"Phone Number"}, #"Table (2)", {"Home Phone"}, "Table (2)", JoinKind.LeftOuter), #"Expanded Table (2)" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Table (2)", {"Name"}, {"Table (2).Name"}), #"Merged Queries1" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Expanded Table (2)", {"Phone Number"}, #"Table (2)", {"Mobile Phone"}, "Table (2)", JoinKind.LeftOuter), #"Expanded Table (2)1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries1", "Table (2)", {"Name"}, {"Table (2).Name.1"}), #"Merged Columns" = Table.CombineColumns(#"Expanded Table (2)1",{"Table (2).Name", "Table (2).Name.1"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged") in #"Merged Columns"
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Ashsih, hopefully this works or else I can try to upload a .pbix file
Phone Call Table
| Call Direction | Call Time | Phone Number |
| Inbound | 8:13:00 AM | 212-999-0000 |
| Inbound | 8:17:00 AM | 718-444-1234 |
| Outbound | 8:38:00 AM | 800-888-8000 |
| Inbound | 9:10:00 AM | 718-555-5155 |
| Outbound | 9:50:00 AM | 718-444-4198 |
| Inbound | 10:10:00 AM | 212-222-2020 |
| Inbound | 10:14:00 AM | 212-666-6400 |
| Outbound | 10:25:00 AM | 800-111-1100 |
Accounts Table
| Name | Phone Number |
| Bob's Painting | 718-555-5155 |
| Nails 'N Things | 212-666-6400 |
| Home Improvments, Inc. | 516-969-8000 |
| Roofs 4 U | 412-958-1212 |
| John's Diner | 718-444-4198 |
| Acme Tools | 800-111-1100 |
Contacts Table
| Name | Phone Number | Mobile Phone |
| Bob Jones | 212-999-1313 | 212-999-0000 |
| Sam Smith | 718-444-1234 | |
| Sheila Gray | 212-666-6400 | |
| John Wilkens | 718-444-4198 | |
| Todd Roberts | 917-111-3000 | |
| Bill McGuinness | 212-222-2020 | 212-222-2020 |
Resulting Matched Calls Table
| Call Direction | Call Time | Phone Number | Account Name | Account Phone Number | Contact Name | Contact Phone Number | Contact Mobile Phone |
| Inbound | 8:13:00 AM | 212-999-0000 | Bob Jones | 212-999-1313 | 212-999-0000 | ||
| Inbound | 8:17:00 AM | 718-444-1234 | Sam Smith | 718-444-1234 | |||
| Outbound | 8:38:00 AM | 800-888-8000 | |||||
| Inbound | 9:10:00 AM | 718-555-5155 | Bob's Painting | 718-555-5155 | |||
| Outbound | 9:50:00 AM | 718-444-4198 | John's Diner | 718-444-4198 | John Wilkens | 718-444-4198 | |
| Inbound | 10:10:00 AM | 212-222-2020 | Bill McGuinness | 212-222-2020 | 212-222-2020 | ||
| Inbound | 10:14:00 AM | 212-666-6400 | Sheila Gray | 212-666-6400 | |||
| Outbound | 10:25:00 AM | 800-111-1100 | Acme Tols | 800-111-1100 |
- jdubs4 years ago
Helper V
Thank you Ashsih. Would you be able to explain how you came to this? My concern was that if I joined the Accout table first and then merged again that I would be missing potential matches against the Contact table.
- Ashish_Mathur4 years ago
Super User
You are welcome. Please see the steps in the Query Editor window to understand the logic that i have used.