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Nie
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Possible to Insert Actual Excel Formula in Power Query?

Is it possible to insert an actual Excel formula with Table.AddColumn() in Power Query?

 

I want to generate a new table (Table B) with 3 columns, to show correlations between the columns in Table A. For example:

Table BTable B

Fig: Table B.

 

I want the rows in the "coefficient" column to have the Excel formula =CORREL(INDIRECT("TableA[" & A2 & "]"), INDIRECT("TableA[" & B2 & "]")). I need to do this because some column rows in Table A are empty and I can't find a way to calculate correlations in M or DAX when there are empty rows.

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@Nie 

Check this blog:
Correlation coefficient - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

But I would recommend you to calculate the coefficient in excel then import the result table into power bi.

Vpazhenmsft_0-1627871521637.png

 

 

Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
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Anonymous
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@Nie 

Check this blog:
Correlation coefficient - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

But I would recommend you to calculate the coefficient in excel then import the result table into power bi.

Vpazhenmsft_0-1627871521637.png

 

 

Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, please Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

lbendlin
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"I can't find a way to calculate correlations in M"

 

What have you tried?  Usually custom generator functions can handle scenarios like these.

Transform Column using custom function in Power Query (part 2) | Excel City

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