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Anonymous
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Negative join

Hi

 

Is there a way to preform a "negative join" where i will keep all posts from the first table that are not in the second table?

 

 

Regards

 

Søren

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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Use EXCEPT in DAX. Use Left or Right Anti in Power Query Merge query.



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@Anonymous , there is an option in merge , anti join ?

https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query

 

Function of power query

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/joinkind-leftanti

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous , Try like a new table

 new table = Except(Table1, Table2)

Both should have the same columns

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Greg_Deckler
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@Anonymous Use EXCEPT in DAX. Use Left or Right Anti in Power Query Merge query.



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Anonymous
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Thanks for the answer

 

That is SQL? 

I am working with a M query.

 

Regards

Søren

@Anonymous , there is an option in merge , anti join ?

https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query

 

Function of power query

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/joinkind-leftanti

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