Table.FromList(List.Distinct(Table[ID]), null, {"ID"}) not working for data type that is number

[shekhar_shres]

Hi all,

I am using following query to extract a Unique data from a column of a table.

Table.FromList(List.Distinct(Table[ID]), null, {"ID"})

The above query works fine when the column that is being referred to is a text. However, it doesn't work work when the data type is a number. In above case, if the ID column above is of text data type then it works fine but if the data type of the ID is number(int.64), I get following error.

How do I apply the above query to the column that is int.64? Am i doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Sometimes M thinks that splitting stuff means that it must be text. Try using Table.FromColumns:

= Table.FromColumns({List.Distinct(Table[ID])}, {"ID"})

--Nate

[CNENFRNL · Accepted solution]

Table.FromList(List.Distinct(Table[ID]), Splitter.SplitByNothing(), {"ID"})

[shekhar_shres]

Thank you Both,

Both worked.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @shekhar_shres ,

What does your data look like? 

The error message show that it can't convert 8 value, maybe you can check if there is an issue with your 8 value, or try to replace the 8 value with another default value to check if the error is resolved.

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

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[CNENFRNL · Accepted solution]

Table.FromList(List.Distinct(Table[ID]), Splitter.SplitByNothing(), {"ID"})

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Sometimes M thinks that splitting stuff means that it must be text. Try using Table.FromColumns:

= Table.FromColumns({List.Distinct(Table[ID])}, {"ID"})

--Nate