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Stex85
4 years agoNew Member
Using a find and replace based on another table
Hi all, Apologies if this has been asked before I have a database which I access which has codes to replace data. As a reference it contains another table which has a list of the codes used and w...
- 4 years ago
Hello Stex85 ,
I am assuming that you have 'N' number of columns like this and you need to add information.
Please follow below steps-
Step 1- Add custom column in Code Defination table using below code-
#"Inserted Merged Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Merged", each Text.Combine({[CVTname], [Key]}), type text), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Inserted Merged Column",{{"Merged", "MergeKey"}}) in #"Renamed Columns"Step 2-
Add below transformation in your customer table-
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Name", type text}, {"Member_Status", type text}, {"Address_type", type text}}), #"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"Name"}, "Attribute", "Value"), #"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Unpivoted Columns", {"Attribute"}, #"Code Location", {"columnname"}, "Code Location", JoinKind.LeftOuter), #"Expanded Code Location" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Code Location", {"CVTname"}, {"Code Location.CVTname"}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Expanded Code Location", "Custom", each [Code Location.CVTname]&[Value]), #"Merged Queries1" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Added Custom", {"Custom"}, #"Code Definition", {"MergeKey"}, "Code Definition", JoinKind.LeftOuter), #"Expanded Code Definition" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries1", "Code Definition", {"Decription"}, {"Code Definition.Decription"}), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Code Definition",{"Code Location.CVTname", "Custom", "Value"}), #"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Removed Columns",{"Name", "Code Definition.Decription", "Attribute"}), #"Pivoted Column" = Table.Pivot(#"Reordered Columns", List.Distinct(#"Reordered Columns"[Attribute]), "Attribute", "Code Definition.Decription") in #"Pivoted Column"You should get desired result.
Please mark it as answer if it solves your issue. Kudos are also appreciated.
amitchandak
4 years agoSuper User
Stex85 , New columns on the customer table
maxx(filter(code, code[Key] = Customer[Member_Status] && [CVTname] = "Memberstatus"), Code[Decription])
Add other in same way