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Anonymous
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How to write a query on power bi

I am new to POWER BI  and for creating a dashboard I need to join these 2 tables based on index .

 

How do I write a DAX query to join the index of 2nd table to the column name of 1st in POWER BI. Is there any other way to do so?

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How do I write a DAX query to join the index of 2nd table to the column name of 1st in POWER BI. Is there any other way to do so?

 

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BA_Pete
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I'd do this in Power Query rather than DAX:

You'll want to import both tables into PQ using 'Get Data'. We'll call the top one TableA and the bottom one TableB.

Once you have TableA open in PQ, select the [ID] column and go to the Transform tab > Unpivot Columns (dropdown) > Unpivot Other Columns.

Now you can go to the Home tab > Merge Queries and merge on TableA[Attribute] = TableB[Index].

 

Pete



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Anonymous
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Thanks a lot guys, Your procedures really helped me tackle the situation

BA_Pete
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I'd do this in Power Query rather than DAX:

You'll want to import both tables into PQ using 'Get Data'. We'll call the top one TableA and the bottom one TableB.

Once you have TableA open in PQ, select the [ID] column and go to the Transform tab > Unpivot Columns (dropdown) > Unpivot Other Columns.

Now you can go to the Home tab > Merge Queries and merge on TableA[Attribute] = TableB[Index].

 

Pete



Now accepting Kudos! If my post helped you, why not give it a thumbs-up?

Proud to be a Datanaut!




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