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Mic1979
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1 year ago
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Sharing Variables between two sources

Dear all,   I have the following code: let Source1 = OVERALL_DISTRIBUTION, #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source1, each ([Integrated_Check_Valve] = "Integrated Check Valve NO") and ([Connec...
  • OwenAuger's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi Mic1979 

    Remove the square brackets around Breakdown_Numbers in the New step:

    New = Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Rows", "List", each {1 .. Breakdown_Numbers})

    A reference to another variable within a let expression doesn't require square brackets.

     

    With the square brackets, [Breakdown_Numbers] was attempting to access a field named Breakdown_Numbers within the rows of #"Filtered Rows", which would work only if #"Filtered Rows" contained a column named Breakdown_Numbers.

     

    See here:

    https://bengribaudo.com/blog/2018/10/30/4644/power-query-m-primer-part10-types-list-record#field-access