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5 years ago
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Left Join for tables containing duplicate records

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JJt7iQzBOJpaF0S1KZVSA16-tfhcILiY/view?usp=sharing     I have a Table A which contains duplicate records, Table B which contains duplicate records. Duplicate record...
  • AlB's avatar
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    Place the following M code in a blank query to see the steps.

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("rZFBDgMhCEXv4nqqiChwFjP3v8YIajOZJk2a9G8gHx+g9h7qUjgCNSaLmCghYB6pFlIY8eW1WPI+FpHDefSAS8PPULhExzBl2C0QmJq1uNWrjq6Gl6lhsctZ2egwfHptEAutRNXJvGTuXB9Tfa4tovLc+AaqypzYvt1XTVEcvr3We938AYvIRNky+B/58w+dFw==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Conc " = _t, #"Discoverer Amount" = _t, #"Default Effective Date" = _t, Difference = _t, #"AP " = _t, #"Amount on Hold" = _t]),
        #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(Source,{{"Discoverer Amount", "DA"}}),
        #"Merged Queries" = Table.NestedJoin(#"Renamed Columns", {"Conc "}, Table.Distinct(Table.RemoveColumns(#"Table B", "Amount")), {"Concat"}, "Table B", JoinKind.LeftOuter),
        #"Expanded Table B" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Merged Queries", "Table B", {"Category", "Type"}, {"Category", "Type"})
    in
        #"Expanded Table B"

     

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