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Pbiuserr
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Random binary (1 and 0) column for each ID

Hello,

My database looks like that

IDStatus
ID1A
ID1A
ID1A
ID2A
ID2A
ID3A

 

I would like to just create a random 0 1 column for each ID (so if ID got 1, it needs to have 1 in every row, same with 0).

Expected result

IDStatusNewBinaryColumn
ID1A1
ID1A1
ID1A1
ID2A0
ID2A0
ID3A1

 

I have like 500k of distinct ID's. How to get such column?

Thank you in advance

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johnt75
Super User
Super User

You could do this in Power Query. Make a second query which references your original query, remove all columns other than the ID and then remove duplicate values. Add a new column which is 

Number.Round( Number.RandomBetween(0,1) )

and then join this table back onto the original table

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johnt75
Super User
Super User

You could do this in Power Query. Make a second query which references your original query, remove all columns other than the ID and then remove duplicate values. Add a new column which is 

Number.Round( Number.RandomBetween(0,1) )

and then join this table back onto the original table

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