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PBI_newuser
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Post Prodigy

Create dimension table from 2 different tables

Hi, how to create a dimension table from 2 different tables without including the (Blank) value?

Below doesn't work as it includes (Blank) as one of the value which cause many to many relationship.

Country = distinct(union(all(TableA[Country]),all(TableB[Country])))

 

TableA:

Country
(Blank)
USA
Canada
Guam

 

TableB:

Country
USA
Puerto Rico
Australia

 

Dim_Table:

Country
USA
Canada
Guam
USA
Puerto Rico
Australia
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

updated version:

Country = 
VAR vFilter = {"","null","(Blank)",BLANK()}
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)

return vUnion

 

This is a more dynamic approach,

1) select define values

2) select columns from source table A | B

3) Filter vTableA|B

4) Union

 

 

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whereismydata
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

Hi @PBI_newuser 

 

not sure if the most elegant solution, but it works:

 

Country = 
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,[Country] <> BLANK() && [Country] <> "(Blank)" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "null")
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,[Country] <> BLANK() && [Country] <> "(Blank)" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "" && [Country] <> "null")
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)

return vUnion

 

 

updated version:

Country = 
VAR vFilter = {"","null","(Blank)",BLANK()}
VAR vTableA = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table A',"Country",'Table A'[Country])
VAR vTableAFilter = FILTER(vTableA,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vTableB = SELECTCOLUMNS('Table B',"Country",'Table B'[Country])
VAR vTableBFilter = FILTER(vTableB,NOT( [Country] in vFilter))
VAR vUnion = UNION(vTableAFilter,vTableBFilter)

return vUnion

 

This is a more dynamic approach,

1) select define values

2) select columns from source table A | B

3) Filter vTableA|B

4) Union

 

 

Thank you so much @whereismydata ! It works. 

whereismydata
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

Hi, in DAX or PowerQuery?

 

In PQ you could append those two table and then remove duplicates

Hi @whereismydata , I wanna append two tables in DAX. 

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