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aleuer's avatar
aleuer
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8 years ago

duplicate entries after table query merge

Hello!

 

I'm looking for a bit of help here. I'm newer to data merging and I'm running into a particular problem!  I'm importing the data from Excel (2 tables) and there was no unique identifier with no duplicates between them, so I created a join column so that they could be merged through a left outer. It worked! BUT- in each table there is a column for 'score'. Table 2 has multiple entries for errors (line items) related to a single data point in Table 1. So, the issue is post-merge is that the score is pulled in and counted for each error or line item where I only need 1 instance of the score so that I can average the values correctly. 

I have an example here.

 

The left visual shows an un-merged dataset and therefore what the actual average of score should be. The one on the right shows what I am dealing with post-merge. I've included COUNT of the score to show the issue. The data has to be sorted by Language, 

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

3 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    aleuer,

    What is the join column? Could you please share the Excel file so that we can test? You can share Excel file via online service such as OneDrive.

    Regards,
    Lydia

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable

        aleuer,

        I am unable to download your file as it is removed. Could you please re-upload it?

        Regards,
        Lydia