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Merge queries only returning partial information
Hi, I am attempting to merge two tables together, but not getting the expected result.
Table 1
Table 2
I am testing my query with 27 rows to figure out my issue. but in reality I have hundreds of group Ids per Date Extract, I havelooked and the same issue is happening with multiple group Ids.
The merge tells me I have 27 of 27 rows matching
I have trimmed the text incase there were any spaces caucing an issue with my data.
I am getting the expected output for some of my rows, but then the remainder becom null. The Date SD update should be filled out for all date.
Please offer any advise as I am stumped.
Thanks
Thank you for the suggestions and responses, unfortuently these did not resolve our issue, it appeared that when we were merging our data it wasn't importing all of the data even though it was demonstrating a perfect match and all possible causes for difference had been removed, to get around this my manager has completed a significant rebuild on our query as we had it broken up into different steps into smaller query tables. She has worked around the issue and we are back up and running.
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Hi Stacey_Tucker ,
On your 27-row sample tables, can you add a query step to each that converts [GroupId] to number type BEFORE the merge step please? I understand this may not be appropriate for the entire dataset but, for the purposes of testing, this should ensure a perfect match between the respective [GroupId] columns.
If that still doen't work, please do the following to provide data that I can use to try and replicate the issue:
-1- Remove all columns except [Date Extract] and [GroupId] from Table1, and [Date Extract], [GroupId], and [Date SD Update] from Table2.
-2- Select Table1, do Ctrl+A to select the entire table, go to the Home tab > Enter Data. Paste the table in here. Hit OK then go to Home > Advanced Editor. Copy ALL of the M Code there and paste into a code window ( </> button above) here.
-3- Repeat step -2- for Table2.
Pete
You should know that the datetime type cannot fully display values less than 1 second, such as: 2018-04-21T00:00:00.0010000, unless you click on this value in the preview interface to see the real value.
In short: unless necessary, please use the date type instead of the datetime type.
Hi Stacey_Tucker,
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As ZhangKun ans BA_Pete mentioned, those workarounds should resolve your issue.
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Thank you for the suggestions and responses, unfortuently these did not resolve our issue, it appeared that when we were merging our data it wasn't importing all of the data even though it was demonstrating a perfect match and all possible causes for difference had been removed, to get around this my manager has completed a significant rebuild on our query as we had it broken up into different steps into smaller query tables. She has worked around the issue and we are back up and running.
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