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I keep getting an error that tells me I cannot create a relationship between two tables because one of them has to have unique values. Can someone explain this to me? Don't you need to join the tables together by a common point?
Thank you,
Joseph
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A unique value is a column that does not contain any duplicates, thus unique.
UNIQUE NOT UNIQUE
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One of the tables has to have unique values. If you cannot do that with your two tables, create a third table that pulls all of the values from both tables (merge step) and then does a "Unique values" step. Then, link both tables to that third table.
but what is considered a unique value?
A unique value is a column that does not contain any duplicates, thus unique.
UNIQUE NOT UNIQUE
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That makes total sense. Thank you!!!!
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