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Merging two unrelated tables

‎03-29-2017 11:48 AM

I want to merge two data source one is in EDW and other is an excel file they dont have any similar columns between them,

can i still merge them?

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MarcelBeug
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‎03-29-2017 12:03 PM

Yes. Some Power Query options, depending on how you want the result to look like (as you forgot to mention):

 

  1. Add an Index to each table and join on that index.
  2. Use table.Combine or just Table1 & Table2

You might want to synchronize some column names to get data in the same columns.

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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MarcelBeug
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‎03-29-2017 12:03 PM

Yes. Some Power Query options, depending on how you want the result to look like (as you forgot to mention):

 

  1. Add an Index to each table and join on that index.
  2. Use table.Combine or just Table1 & Table2

You might want to synchronize some column names to get data in the same columns.

Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)
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