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DataGuy2016
9 years agoAdvocate IV
Table Merge creates duplicate records
Hi Folks, I am stumped. I am trying to merge two tables into a new table using a LEFT JOIN. Both tables have unique records on each row. When I join the tables, BI creates duplicate rows on...
- 9 years ago
The problem lay with the Data.
The LEFT JOIN functionality of PowerBI works perfectly.
Anonymous
7 years agoNot applicable
Can you explain "base query was expanded"?
othmanalazzam
4 years agoAdvocate I
he meant the other query that you are merging your data with
so if you are in Table A and trying to merge data with Table B, if Table B has duplicates it will result in a duplicates in your Table A after you expand the results, so it's better to have Table B cleaned from duplicates first.