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Vallirajap
Resolver III
Resolver III

Primary Key column indexing

Hii all,


In PBI Desktop, I have a primary key column whose column size is large, so I need to add an indexing column to refer to the primary key.
Is there any option for that?

Anybody who knows, give me the solution.
Thanks in advance.

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Vallirajap 

You can add an index column from PQ.
Please refer to the linked documentation :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/add-index-column

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Vallirajap 

You can add an index column from PQ.
Please refer to the linked documentation :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/add-index-column

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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