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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 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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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.
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
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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.
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, please Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
"I can't find a way to calculate correlations in M"
What have you tried? Usually custom generator functions can handle scenarios like these.
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