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LookUpValue not working as expected

I have these two tables:

Holidays:

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and Goals

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and the following Calculated Column in Holidays 

HolidayValue = LOOKUPVALUE(Goals[HolidayValue],Goals[Employee.id],Holidays[Employee.id],Goals[Year],Holidays[Year])

 

as you can see, these lookup always returns empty and I have no idea why.

 

any help is appreciated

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ddpl
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

Try this using merge from power query:

Holliday Table:

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Gola Table:

 

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Merge table:

 

VipulGadhiya_2-1651639678262.png

 

AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

Are the Employee.id and Year columns the same data type in both tables? You might have issues if, say, Goals[Year] is a text column but Holidays[Year] is an integer column.

Year and Employee.ID are "WHole Number" Data types.

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