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MrMarshall
Helper II
Helper II

Relation problem through lookuptable

I have two tables, and a relation between them through a lookup table.
Related with ID & UserID as:

Screenshot_69.png

Sales: 

UserIdProfitDate
120002018-02-01
120002018-02-01
12002018-02-02

Users: 

IdFirstname
1

Andrew

Other

UserIdOtherValueDate
152018-02-01
162018-02-02
142018-02-02

 

No relation errors. I am testing this with a simple matrix, as you can see, the OtherValue column is wrong, it should be as stated with red. 
What am I doing wrong?

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Thejeswar
Super User
Super User

Hi @MrMarshall,

This is happening because you tables are joined only using UserID when the data is present for multiple days.

 

To Solve this join your tables using a concatenated column which is a concatenation of UserId and Date

 Screenshots for the same are given below

 

concatenated columnconcatenated column

 

 

 

 

 

Users TablesUsers TablesNew relationshipNew relationshipFinal OutputFinal Output

 Hope this helps!!!

 

 

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Thejeswar
Super User
Super User

Hi @MrMarshall,

This is happening because you tables are joined only using UserID when the data is present for multiple days.

 

To Solve this join your tables using a concatenated column which is a concatenation of UserId and Date

 Screenshots for the same are given below

 

concatenated columnconcatenated column

 

 

 

 

 

Users TablesUsers TablesNew relationshipNew relationshipFinal OutputFinal Output

 Hope this helps!!!

 

 

Hi!

I understand now. That was really helpful, Thx!

Although, it requires that I would create a Date value for each unique user. 
I cannot seem to get it to work in an automated way, say if I have 100 users. 
Any ideas?

Nvm, I figured it out! Created a list.
List.Dates([StartDate], 100, #duration(1,0,0,0))

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