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pxg08680
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9 years ago
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compare columns in two tables with same column names

Hi Everyone,                     I have two tables A&B and have a column which is same in both the tables. I would like to compare the two columns and see if there is any difference between them and...
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    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi pxg08680,

     

    According to your description above, you should be able to use the formula below to create a new measure and show it on the report to get the actual difference. :smileyhappy:

     

    Diff =
SUM ( CommercialBuyIntentVisits[MetricValue] )
    - SUM ( CubeData[CommercialBuyIntentVisits] )

     

    Regards

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v-ljerr-msft
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9 years ago

Hi pxg08680,



both the tables are related using the data field.

 

For example, Column1 in TableA and Column1 in TableB are same and for getting the difference i tried tha dax query Diff= TableA[column1] - TableB[column1] and i have been getting errors and even if it executes I am getting incorrect values.

What's the relationship between TableA and TableB(One to One, or One to Many, or Many to One)?

 

If there is a (One to One, Many to One) relationship between TableA and TableB, then you should be able to use the formula below to create a new calculate column in TableA to calculate the difference.

Diff = TableA[column1] - RELATED ( TableB[column1] )

 

Regards

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pxg08680
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9 years ago

Hi , Thank You for the reply.

 

I have tried this a couple of times and I dont see the data is matching. I was getting different values than the expected ones.

My data is related on many-one relationship. I have related my data on a DATE column. For more info one of my table has 9 columns and other table has 15 columns. Does that matter..