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Ekaterina_
Helper I
Helper I

Comparing two tables with only first value of column

Hello everyone, 

 

I would appreciate if someone can me help in the folliwng problem:

 

I have two tables, in the first table the column "Projetct" can have several entries but I want to compare only the first value in this column with the value in my second table and return the ActivityID of the second table in a new column "ProjectID" in the first table.

 

Here are my tables:

TblSplit

No.Project
1Pj: Mig,Pj: CustomAppl
2Pj: CustomAppl
3Pj: Exec
4Pj: Exec,Pj: Mig,Pj: AllianceComm

 

TblPjID

(-> this table is filled out manually and source table for MD_003_TblTDIPj containing the same two columns)

ProjectActivityID
Pj: ExecSWP-Exec
Pj: MigLLP-Mig
Pj: CustomAppl SWP-CustomAppl
Pj: AllianceCommAS-AllianceComm

 

Result I want to see in TblSplit:

NoProject ActivityID  
1Pj: Mig,Pj: CustomApplLLP-MIG 
2Pj: CustomApplSWP-CustomAppl
3Pj: ExecSWP-Exec
4Pj: Exec,Pj: Mig,Pj: AllianceCommSWP-Exec

 

What I have tried out:

 

AppendTbl_TDIPj = Table.NestedJoin(Source, {"Project"}, MD_003_TblTDIPj, ("Project"), " TblPjID, JoinKind.LeftOuter),

ExpTbl_PjActivityID = Table.ExpandTableColumn(AppendTbl_TDIPj, {"ActivityID_Pj"}, {"TblPjID.ActivityID_Pj"})

In ExpTbl_PjActivityID

 

As a result a get null for row no 1 and 4

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

Kind regards,

Ekaterina 

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

pls try

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQrIslLwzUzXAdHOpcUl+bmOBQU5SrE60UpGUGk0YWOosGtFajJYwARJQAfZPMecnMzEvORU5/zcXKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [No = _t, Project = _t]),
    lst = TblPjID[ActivityID],
   f=(x)=>[a=Table.PositionOf(TblPjID,x,Occurrence.Last,g),b= {"NOMATCH",lst{a}}{ Byte.From(a>-1)}][b],
   g=(x,y)=>   Text.Split( y[Project],","){0}=x[Project],
     to = Table.AddColumn(Source,"ActivityID",f)
     in
     to

Screenshot_1.png

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dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Ekaterina_, check this:

 

Result

dufoq3_0-1725455697554.png

let
    Table1 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQrIslLwzUzXAdHOpcUl+bmOBQU5SrE60UpGUGk0YWOosGtFajJYwARJQAfZPMecnMzEvORU5/zcXKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"No." = _t, Project = _t]),
    Table2 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCsiyUnCtSE1W0lEKDg/QBTNjdSDivpnpQGEfnwBdEAsm6lxaXJKf61hQkKMA1YQQgStyzMnJTMxLTnXOz80FqnIM1kURiY0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Project = _t, ActivityID = _t]),
    T1_Ad_Helper = Table.AddColumn(Table1, "Helper", each Text.Trim(Text.BetweenDelimiters([Project], ":", ",", 0, 0)), type text),
    T2_ExtractedProject = Table.TransformColumns(Table2, {{"Project", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(_, ":")), type text}}),
    MergedQueries = Table.NestedJoin(T1_Ad_Helper, {"Helper"}, T2_ExtractedProject, {"Project"}, "T2", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
    ExpandedT2 = Table.ExpandTableColumn(MergedQueries, "T2", {"ActivityID"}, {"ActivityID"}),
    RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(ExpandedT2,{"Helper"})
in
    RemovedColumns

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

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wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

NewStep=Table.AddColumn(Source,"ActivityID",each MD_003_TblTDIPj{[Project=Text.Split([Project],","){0}]}?[ActivityID]?)

Omid_Motamedise
Super User
Super User

go to TblSplit and add a new column into it based in the next formula

 

Table.SelectRows(TblPjID,(X)=>X[Project]=Text.Split([Project],","){0})[ActivityID]{0}

 

it results in (for the second row leads to error because of extra space in the notation)

Omid_Motamedise_0-1725489420867.png

 


If my answer helped solve your issue, please consider marking it as the accepted solution.
dufoq3
Super User
Super User

Hi @Ekaterina_, check this:

 

Result

dufoq3_0-1725455697554.png

let
    Table1 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQrIslLwzUzXAdHOpcUl+bmOBQU5SrE60UpGUGk0YWOosGtFajJYwARJQAfZPMecnMzEvORU5/zcXKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"No." = _t, Project = _t]),
    Table2 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCsiyUnCtSE1W0lEKDg/QBTNjdSDivpnpQGEfnwBdEAsm6lxaXJKf61hQkKMA1YQQgStyzMnJTMxLTnXOz80FqnIM1kURiY0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Project = _t, ActivityID = _t]),
    T1_Ad_Helper = Table.AddColumn(Table1, "Helper", each Text.Trim(Text.BetweenDelimiters([Project], ":", ",", 0, 0)), type text),
    T2_ExtractedProject = Table.TransformColumns(Table2, {{"Project", each Text.Trim(Text.AfterDelimiter(_, ":")), type text}}),
    MergedQueries = Table.NestedJoin(T1_Ad_Helper, {"Helper"}, T2_ExtractedProject, {"Project"}, "T2", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
    ExpandedT2 = Table.ExpandTableColumn(MergedQueries, "T2", {"ActivityID"}, {"ActivityID"}),
    RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(ExpandedT2,{"Helper"})
in
    RemovedColumns

Note: Check this link to learn how to use my query.
Check this link if you don't know how to provide sample data.

Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

pls try

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUQrIslLwzUzXAdHOpcUl+bmOBQU5SrE60UpGUGk0YWOosGtFajJYwARJQAfZPMecnMzEvORU5/zcXKXYWAA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [No = _t, Project = _t]),
    lst = TblPjID[ActivityID],
   f=(x)=>[a=Table.PositionOf(TblPjID,x,Occurrence.Last,g),b= {"NOMATCH",lst{a}}{ Byte.From(a>-1)}][b],
   g=(x,y)=>   Text.Split( y[Project],","){0}=x[Project],
     to = Table.AddColumn(Source,"ActivityID",f)
     in
     to

Screenshot_1.png

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