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Hello - I need help to create a measure as described below:
If the 'Table 1 Supplier' is equal to the 'Table 1 Supplier', return the supplier code from 'Table 1'.
| Table 1 | |
| Supplier Code | Supplier |
| 123 | Fruit |
| 126 | Vegetables |
| 129 | Spare Parts |
| 132 | Tyres |
| Table 2 | ||
| Inv No | Supplier | Result (Supplier Code) |
| 233131 | Fruit | 123 |
| 256363 | Vegetables | 126 |
| 279595 | Spare Parts | 129 |
| 302827 | Tyres | 132 |
| 326059 | Fruit | 123 |
| 349291 | Vegetables | 126 |
| 372523 | Spare Parts | 129 |
| 395755 | Tyres | 132 |
| 418987 | Fruit | 123 |
| 442219 | Vegetables | 126 |
| 465451 | Spare Parts | 129 |
| 488683 | Tyres | 132 |
Thanks
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Hi @rajendraongole1 - I want to acheive this thorugh measure instead of calculated column, is it possible?
Hi,
Create a relationship (Many to One and Single) from Table 2 to Table1. To your visual, drag Supplier from Table 1. Write this measure
SC = max('Table1'[Supplier code])
Hope this helps.
Hi @InsightSeeker -Create a new column in table 2 uses LOOKUPVALUE to search 'Table 1' for the matching 'Supplier' and returns the corresponding 'Supplier Code'.
calculated column:
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Hi @rajendraongole1 - I want to acheive this thorugh measure instead of calculated column, is it possible?
Hi @InsightSeeker - Creating a measure to replicate the functionality of LOOKUPVALUE can be challenging because measures in Power BI are context-sensitive calculations meant to aggregate data rather than perform row-by-row operations.
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Can you do it?
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