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rachaelwalker
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Conditional Lookup on a related table

I wanting to pull data from one column into a new one based on information from another column in another table. Here is an example of my tables. I want a new Utilized Hours column to populate "Actual Hours" if it is flagged utilized. Same concept for Non-Utilized

 

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Greg_Deckler
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@rachaelwalker I screwed up, get rid of the first ) in your IF statement and should be good to go.



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Greg_Deckler
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@rachaelwalker I screwed up, get rid of the first ) in your IF statement and should be good to go.



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That worked!! Thank you so much!

Greg_Deckler
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@rachaelwalker If I understand this correctly, you could add columns like the following:

Utilized Hours Column =
  VAR __WorkTypeID = [WorkTypeID]
  VAR __UtilizationFlag = MAXX(FILTER('WorkType',[WorkTypeID]=__WorkTypeID),[UtilizationFlag])
RETURN
  IF(__UtilizationFlag),[ActualHours],0)


Non-Utilized Hours Column =
  VAR __WorkTypeID = [WorkTypeID]
  VAR __UtilizationFlag = MAXX(FILTER('WorkType',[WorkTypeID]=__WorkTypeID),[UtilizationFlag])
RETURN
  IF(__UtilizationFlag),0,[ActualHours])



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I was thinking I could do LOOKUPVALUE and pull UtilizationFlag (true or false) into the TimeEntries table. Then did an If statement but the numbers are not reflecting accurately. 

Lookup formula

Utilization = LOOKUPVALUE(WorkTypes[WorkTypes.utilizationFlag], WorkTypes[WorkTypes.id], TimeEntries[TimeEntries.workType.id])

If statement

Utilized Hours = IF('TimeEntries'[Utilization] = "True", TimeEntries[TimeEntries.actualHours], 0)

@Greg_Deckler Not sure if I am plugging the correct tables in per your response. I am getting a syntax error.

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