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M_BAKOUR_95
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6 years ago
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Remove duplicates

Hello all I want to remove duplicates from a table and keep the  row with the most recent date. For example, when the values between the "bnf_name" and "wife_name" columns match on two different ro...
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    v-alq-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi, M_BAKOUR_95 

     

    Based on your description, I created data to reproduce your scenario.

    Table:

     

    You may create a calculated table as below.

     

    Compare = 
ADDCOLUMNS(
    SUMMARIZE(
        'Table',
        'Table'[bnf_name],
        'Table'[Wife_name]
    ),
    "NewDate",CALCULATE(MAX('Table'[Date]))
)

     

     

    Result:

    Compare:

     

    Best Regards

    Allan

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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M_BAKOUR_95
New Member
6 years ago

amitchandak 
Thanks, but this method does not work
Because the "compare" table does not appear in the power query and new Table = distinct (Table)
Also, it does not work because the rest of the values in the rest of the columns are different, and I just want to take the date with the latest date between the matching lines with the name and wife

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amitchandak
Super User
6 years ago

M_BAKOUR_95 , Seem like you have an ID column 

Max Id = maxx(filter(table, table[Name]=earlier(table[Name]) && table[WIFE]=earlier(table[WIFE])
					&& table[Date]>=earlier(table[Date])),Max(Table[ID]))

 

Now filter

new Table = filter(table,table[ID]=table[Max ID])