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smacsween
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5 years ago
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Conditional merge columns

i am trying to merge columns based on an IF statement and ISBLANK.  If I have Country name in Table1, use that value, if not, use the Country value from Table2.   I can't see how to do this, I have...
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  • Icey's avatar
    Icey
    5 years ago

    Hi smacsween ,

     

    Just try this:

    NewTable =
DISTINCT (
    UNION ( DISTINCT ( Table1[Country] ), DISTINCT ( Table2[Country] ) )
)

     

     

    Best regards

    Icey

     

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Icey
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5 years ago

Hi smacsween ,

 

SELECTEDVALUE('Table1'[Country]) will only return the countries included in Table1, and will not compare the countries in Table1 and Table2 to see if they are included. Same as SELECTEDVALUE('Table2'[Country]).

So, if "Country 1" is only contained in Table2, SELECTEDVALUE('Table1'[Country]) will not return blank for it.

 

It is suggested to create a table like below and create relationships among them:

NewTable =
UNION ( DISTINCT ( Table1[Country] ), DISTINCT ( Table2[Country] ) )

 

 

Best regards

Icey

 

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