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I am trying to filter data Power BI Desktop brings in using Power Query, but the query I've made causes a cyclic reference and am unsure why. Here is the Power Query M text:
let
Source = CommonDataService.Database("mydatasource.dynamics.com"),
dbo_responses = Source{[Schema="dbo",Item="responses"]}[Data],
Walkies = Table.SelectRows(dbo_responses, each [surveyidname] = "Off Lease Inspection" and [surveyanswer] = "Walkie Inspection"),
All_Walkies = Table.SelectRows(responses, (e) => Table.Contains(Walkies, [responsesid = e[responsesid]]))
in
All_Walkies
What I am trying to do is get all rows from "responses" that have some row with a [responsesid] containing a "Walkie Inspection" value in [survey_answer]. So, if any row has [responsesid] = 123 and [survey_answer] = "Walkie Inspection", grab all rows from "responses" with [responsesid] = 123.
The "Walkies" step seems to work fine, it contains only rows with ID's that have a "Walkie Inspection" response. Then in the "All_Walkies" step, I select all rows from responses where that row has an ID that's in "Walkies". It seems resonable to me, but Power Query Editor disagrees.
Advice?
I assume that the "Responses" table is another table/query already in Power Query. If so, try this instead:
All_Walkies = Table.AddColumn(Walkies, "ResponsesId", each Table.FindText(responses, [responsesid]))
in
All_Walkies
Table.FindText will return the whole row in the other table if it contains your text in any field. It's like a fuzzy Vlookup. Sometimes the syntax can trip me up, so play around with it.
--Nate
Ok, stupid problem, I had
Table.SelectRows(responses, (e) => Table.Contains(Walkies, [responsesid = e[responsesid]]))
when I should have had
Table.SelectRows(dbo_responses, (e) => Table.Contains(Walkies, [responsesid = e[responsesid]]))
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