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Hello,
I want to Look up value in table A if they contains specific value in column of table B. (Just contain, don't need the same value)
Ex:
Table A
Product | Color Code |
A | 001 |
B | 002,0001,003 |
C | 004,005 |
D | 005 |
Table B
Color Code | Color |
001 | Blue |
002 | Red |
003 | Green |
004 | Yellow |
The result:
Color Code | Color |
A | Blue |
B | Red,Blue,Green |
C | Yellow |
D | None |
Thank for your time!
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Hi @daicaboy, another approach:
Result
let
TableA = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTIwMFSK1YlWcgKzjXQMgAJAwhgs6AwWNAHyTcF8FzAfyI4FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, #"Color Code" = _t]),
TableB = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjAwVNJRcsopTVWK1QFxjYDcoNQUKM8YyHMvSk3Ng/JNgPzI1Jyc/HKl2FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Color Code" = _t, Color = _t]),
BufferedTableB = Table.Buffer(TableB),
Ad_Color = Table.AddColumn(TableA, "Color", each Text.Combine(Table.Combine(List.Transform(Text.Split([Color Code], ","), (x)=> Table.SelectRows(BufferedTableB, (y)=> Text.Contains(x, y[Color Code]))))[Color], ","), type text),
ReplacedValue = Table.ReplaceValue(Ad_Color,"","None",Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Color"}),
RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(ReplacedValue,{"Color Code"})
in
RemovedColumns
Thank you,
I really appreciate it.
Hi @daicaboy, another approach:
Result
let
TableA = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTIwMFSK1YlWcgKzjXQMgAJAwhgs6AwWNAHyTcF8FzAfyI4FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, #"Color Code" = _t]),
TableB = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjAwVNJRcsopTVWK1QFxjYDcoNQUKM8YyHMvSk3Ng/JNgPzI1Jyc/HKl2FgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"Color Code" = _t, Color = _t]),
BufferedTableB = Table.Buffer(TableB),
Ad_Color = Table.AddColumn(TableA, "Color", each Text.Combine(Table.Combine(List.Transform(Text.Split([Color Code], ","), (x)=> Table.SelectRows(BufferedTableB, (y)=> Text.Contains(x, y[Color Code]))))[Color], ","), type text),
ReplacedValue = Table.ReplaceValue(Ad_Color,"","None",Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"Color"}),
RemovedColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(ReplacedValue,{"Color Code"})
in
RemovedColumns
let
dict = Record.FromList(TableB[Color], TableB[Color Code]),
color = Table.TransformColumns(
TableA,
{"Color Code", (x) => Text.Combine(
List.Transform(
Text.Split(x, ","),
(w) => Record.FieldOrDefault(dict, w, "None")
),
","
)}
)
in
color
pls try
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTIwMFSK1YlWcgKzjXSAfCA2Bos5g8VMgHxTMN8FzAeyYwE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Product = _t, #"Color Code" = _t]),
dict = List.Buffer(Table.ToList(TableB,(x)=>x)),
f = (x) =>[
a = List.Accumulate(dict, x, (s, c) => Text.Replace(s, c{0}, c{1})),
b = if a = x then "None" else Text.Combine( List.Select( Text.Split( a,","),(z)=> not Text.Contains(z,"00")),",")
][b],
Custom1 = Table.TransformColumns(Source,{"Color Code",f})
in
Custom1
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