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RJS849
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8 years ago
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To create table using distinct values and using the filter to remove blanks

I need to create a table from two tables by combining distinct values but at the same time using filter to remove any blank values

 

NEWTable1 = DISTINCT(UNION(VALUES(Table1[Dept_ID]), VALUES(Table2[DeptID])))

 

When it create this new table "NEWTable1", it needs to filter out blank values from Table1 and Table2 which have Dept_ID or DeptID blanks. So that the new column created from these two tables won't have any blank values.

 

Table1

A100
A101
 
A103
A104

 

Table2

B201
B204
B205
B205
 

 

 

NewTable1

A100
A101
A103
A104
B201
B204
B205
B205
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  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi RJS849,

     

    Please try:

    NEWTable1 =
FILTER (
    DISTINCT ( UNION ( VALUES ( Table1[Dept_ID] ), VALUES ( Table2[DeptID] ) ) ),
    [Dept_ID] <> BLANK ()
)

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

2 Replies

  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi RJS849,

     

    Please try:

    NEWTable1 =
FILTER (
    DISTINCT ( UNION ( VALUES ( Table1[Dept_ID] ), VALUES ( Table2[DeptID] ) ) ),
    [Dept_ID] <> BLANK ()
)

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    You can solve it using thise code in the Query Editor

     

    let
        Source = Table.Combine({Table1, Table2}),
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Codes] <> "")),
        #"Removed Duplicates" = Table.Distinct(#"Filtered Rows")
    in
        #"Removed Duplicates"