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I am looking to pass through the value of a record to a nested table within the same record, below is an example table where I am trying to pass through Name from the parent record into the nested table. I have also commented out the function I was trying to use.
let
Source =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 1, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 2, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 3, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 4, LineID = 4]
}
)
],
[CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 5, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 6, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 7, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 8, LineID = 4]
}
)
]
}
)
// CustomColumn = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each Table.AddColumn([Order],"Name",each _[Name]))
in
Source
Solved! Go to Solution.
Fount the Solution:
let
Source =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 1, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 2, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 3, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 4, LineID = 4]
}
)
],
[CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 5, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 6, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 7, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 8, LineID = 4]
}
)
]
}
),
CustomTable =
Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom",
each
let
ParentName = [Name],
AddName =
Table.AddColumn([Order],"
Name",
each
ParentName
)
in
AddName
)
in
CustomTable
Fount the Solution:
let
Source =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 1, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 2, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 3, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 4, LineID = 4]
}
)
],
[CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Order =
Table.FromRecords(
{
[TransactionID = 5, LineID = 1],
[TransactionID = 6, LineID = 2],
[TransactionID = 7, LineID = 3],
[TransactionID = 8, LineID = 4]
}
)
]
}
),
CustomTable =
Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom",
each
let
ParentName = [Name],
AddName =
Table.AddColumn([Order],"
Name",
each
ParentName
)
in
AddName
)
in
CustomTable