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lornafnb
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4 years ago
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Create relationship between 2 queries and identify nulls

hi all,

 

I have 2 data sets - my "main" data set called Friends :

 

FriendsSurname
JohnWhite
JoeBlack
MarySimmonds

 

and the second one is Friends Birthdays: (note their is an intentional spelling mistake in Jeo's name :)-

 

FriendsBirthday
John01-Feb-22
Jeo05-May-22
Mary12-Dec-22

 

In my model I have created a relationship between these two sets, based  on field "Friends". I would like to identify the fields that link up AND those who dont. So I'm thinking of creating a column in my Main table ("Friends") that 

1) contains the value of Birthday if there is a sucessful join AND

2) a string "No Corresponding record found" if the join returns a null.

 

1). Is there a simple way to do this other than creating a calculated/custom column?

2) otherwise - the code to populate a new calculated/custom for this operation.

 

Maybe I could Merge the 2 tables and somehow identify the columns? I'd need some assistance to do that.

 

Thanks

 

Much appreciated.

  • Hi,

     

    If you dont want to create calculated or custom column then you can replace null value with "No Corresponding record found" after merging the table.

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  • ddpl's avatar
    ddpl
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    Hi,

     

    If you dont want to create calculated or custom column then you can replace null value with "No Corresponding record found" after merging the table.

  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
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    Use this code in a custom column

    = try #"Friends Birthdays"{[Friends=[Friends]]}[Birthday] otherwise "No Corresponding record found"