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gianmarco
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Reference a a column for a list in Power Query

Dear All,

I have the following table:


Table1

CODEVALUE
7241.000

323

500

null

200
455300
null1.200
444600
256700

 

Through the following step in PowerQuery:

= Table.TransformColumns( #"previous step", {{"CODE", (x)=> if x = null then List.Select(List.Distinct( #"previous step"[CODE]), each _<> null) else {x}}})

I achieve the following:

in column CODE, replace "null" with a list of all the distinct codes existent in column CODE except "null".

In this way, instead of nulls, I get a list of the following elements {724, 323, 455, 444, 256} 

 

 

Now, I have another table with a list of codes:

 

Table2

CODEVALUE
123100

829

100
047150
299300

 

My question is: How do I reference CODE column in Table 2 in the previous step INSTEAD of CODE column in Table1?


Thank you for your time

gianmarco

  • Dear Ahmedx ,

    it seems that your formula si replacing not only the "nulls" in CODE column but all the elements instead.

    I think I need to change this formula which i'm actually using:

    = Table.TransformColumns( #"previous step", {{"CODE", (x)=> if x = null then List.Select(List.Distinct( #"previous step"[CODE]), each _<> null) else {x}}})

     

    This formula is actually replacing the nulls in code columns with a list of all the CODEs in Code column except null in TABLE1.

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