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Table.NestedJoin with Table.ExpandTableColumn

I've been digging in to the M language, and one of the principles I've learned is that a statement using Table.NestedJoin should usually be followed by a statement using "Table.ExpandTableColumn". I was told this can improve performance, but I am not clear on why that is. If anyone could give me some additional information on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Merely expanding the tables after the nested join preserves query folding. It's still not as fast as plain old Table.Join.

 

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Anonymous
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Merely expanding the tables after the nested join preserves query folding. It's still not as fast as plain old Table.Join.

 

--Nate

Very helpful answer. 😄

Anonymous
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Okay, that helps. Thanks.

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