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Referencing Parameter Table

Hi. I have a dataset with the two columns: object and size (queried from SQL Server). I would like to create a third column for cost. I know the cost based on the object and size (I have a cost table...
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    v-yulgu-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    You can first unpivot the reference table in Query Editor to change its structure to below:

     

    Then, in source data table, add a calculated column with below DAX.

    Cost =
LOOKUPVALUE (
    'Reference Table'[Value],
    'Reference Table'[Fruit/Size], 'Source Table'[Fruit Sold],
    'Reference Table'[Type], 'Source Table'[Size]
)

     

    If you don't want to unpivot table, you can use below DAX to generate a cost column.

    Cost =
IF (
    'Source Table'[Size] = "Large",
    LOOKUPVALUE (
        'Reference Table'[Large],
        'Reference Table'[Fruit/Size], 'Source Table'[Fruit Sold]
    ),
    IF (
        'Source Table'[Size] = "Medium",
        LOOKUPVALUE (
            'Reference Table'[Medium],
            'Reference Table'[Fruit/Size], 'Source Table'[Fruit Sold]
        ),
        LOOKUPVALUE (
            'Reference Table'[Small],
            'Reference Table'[Fruit/Size], 'Source Table'[Fruit Sold]
        )
    )
)

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Hi. Below is a simple example for the data table, where the first two columns are queried from a MSSQL database. I would like the cost column to be calculated, based on a lookup table that gives cost for a particular fruit and size. 

 

 

 

Below is an example of the lookup table I would use:

 

 

 

And here is my expected result (the cost column is calculated based on the first two columns using the lookup table):

 

 

 

Right now I am using many conditional statements to accomplish this. It would be nice if I could simple reference a lookup (second picture) table in Power Query M.

 

Thank you.

 

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

I tried to create a data relationship between the two tables and then use the RELATED function in DAX but I cannot create a relationship as my cost parameter table has two fruits with the same costs:

 

 

 

Is this the right approach, or do I need to do a merge between the tables to get the desired output? I am essentially looking for something like VLOOKUP in Excel. 

 

Thanks.