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Iamnvt
7 years agoContinued Contributor
Merge by Text Contain Any
hi, I have 2 tables: Column1 A, B B, D E, F and Column1Column2 A 12 E 22 D 10 how can I merge the 2 tables together, as long as the text from table 1 co...
- 7 years ago
Hi Iamnvt,
here we go:
Table TableWordValue:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WclTSUTI0UorViVZyBTKNIEwXkKiBUmwsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Word = _t, Value = _t]) in SourceAnd the logic is in the other table TablePairs:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WctRRcFKK1YlWctJRcAEzXHUU3JRiYwE=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]), // duplicate the column Column1 DuplicateColumn = Table.DuplicateColumn(Source, "Column1", "ToSplit"), // split the column by ", " Split = Table.SplitColumn(DuplicateColumn, "ToSplit", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(", "), {"First", "Second"}), // join on first column with TableWordValue table FirstJoin = Table.Join(Split, "First", TableWordValue, "Word", JoinKind.LeftOuter), RemoveWordColumn = Table.RemoveColumns(FirstJoin, {"Word"}), RenameValueColumn = Table.RenameColumns(RemoveWordColumn, {{"Value", "First.Value"}}), // join on second column with TableWordValue table SecondJoin = Table.Join(RenameValueColumn, "Second", TableWordValue, "Word", JoinKind.LeftOuter), RemoveWordColumn2 = Table.RemoveColumns(SecondJoin, {"Word"}), RenameValueColumn2 = Table.RenameColumns(RemoveWordColumn2, {{"Value", "Second.Value"}}), // create result column as combination of First and Second values ValueOfValueColumn = Table.AddColumn(RenameValueColumn2, "Result", each if [First.Value] = null then [Second.Value] else [First.Value]), // remove temp columns RemoveValues = Table.RemoveColumns(ValueOfValueColumn, {"First.Value", "Second.Value", "First", "Second"}) in RemoveValues
Iamnvt
7 years agoContinued Contributor
Nolock Thank you very much for the solution. However, I am looking for more generalized approach. Here is a bit more complex scenarios:
Table 1 have multiple values, separated by Comma
| Column1 |
| A, B, C |
| B, D |
| E, F |
Table 2: have many result values:
| Word | Value |
| A | 12 |
| E | 22 |
| D | 10 |
| B | 5 |
Expected Merged result:
| Column1 | Merged with | Result |
| A, B, C | A | 12 |
| A, B, C | B | 5 |
| B, D | B | 5 |
| B, D | D | 10 |
| E, F | E | 22 |
Nolock
7 years agoResident Rockstar
Hi Iamnvt,
the requirements have changed dramatically and there is a solution but with a different approach.
Therefore I would suggest to close this topic, mark it as answered (if you don't mind), and open another topic. If you mention me in the new post, I'll solve it asap.