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fatima13
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Why does it create a remove function after a merge?

Hi!

 

I've been struggling with this problem for a few days:

 

I want to join two tables with a merge (they have 4 common columns). I use an inner merge and then I save & close and, after that, Power Query itself creates a new remove function and they remove some of the columns I need. Even if I edit the tables and remove de function, when I save and close again, they automatically create the remove function again.

 

Can someone help me with this problem?

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Thank you in advance!

 

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BA_Pete
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Hi @fatima13 ,

 

My guess is that Power Query is doing this as an error-handling step to allow the query to load correctly.

Without being able to see the all the queries/code it's hard to be sure, but I'd check for duplicated column names as a result of the merge. This is particularly likely if you're using the Table.Join function rather than Table.NestedJoin.

 

Pete



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