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adoster
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4 years ago
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Replace Values from one table to another

Hi! Created a simple version of what I am trying to do. I have 2 tables. Relationship on column ID. Want to replace "Code" values in main SQL_TableA with values from imported Excel_TableB when the...
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    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi adoster ,

     

    In Power Query:

    let
        Source = Table.NestedJoin(#"SQL_Table A", {"ID"}, Excel_TableB, {"ID"}, "Excel_TableB", JoinKind.FullOuter),
        #"Expanded Excel_TableB" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Source, "Excel_TableB", {"ID", "Code"}, {"Excel_TableB.ID", "Excel_TableB.Code"}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Excel_TableB", "Custom", each if [Code] = "Error" then [Excel_TableB.Code] else [Code]),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Code", "Excel_TableB.ID", "Excel_TableB.Code"})
    in
        #"Removed Columns"

    Use DAX:

    Column =
    IF (
        'SQL_Table A'[Code] = "Error",
        LOOKUPVALUE ( Excel_TableB[Code], Excel_TableB[ID], 'SQL_Table A'[ID] ),
        'SQL_Table A'[Code]
    )
    

     

    Best Regards,

    Jay