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Ms_2
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Query Editor Filter column based on max value (list.max)

Hello and thank you for reading.

I'm trying to filter a table in the advanced query editor based on the max value in a specific column.

 Here's the M:
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= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each [Week by Year] = List.Max(#"Changed Type1", [Week by Year]))

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#"Changed Type1" is the previous line of code

[Week by Year] is the column i'm trying to filter.

The error looks like this:
Expression.Error: We cannot convert a value of type Table to type list.
Details:
    Value=Table

    Type=Type

This was my first attempt:

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= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each [Week by Year] = Max([Week by Year]))

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Thanks for your help!

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OwenAuger
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Hi,

 

 

Just a slight change:

 

 

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each [Week by Year] = List.Max(#"Changed Type1"[Week by Year]))

List.Max requires a list (such as a Table[Column]) as its first argument.

 

Owen

 


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OwenAuger
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Hi,

 

 

Just a slight change:

 

 

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each [Week by Year] = List.Max(#"Changed Type1"[Week by Year]))

List.Max requires a list (such as a Table[Column]) as its first argument.

 

Owen

 


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Like this?:

 

= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type1", each [Week by Year] = Table[Week by Year].List.Max(#"Changed Type1", [Week by Year]))

No - just use the exact code from my post. It's the same as the code at the top of your first post with a comma removed.


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