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cristianml
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

lookup value from table

Hi,

 

I need to do a Lookup value in PBI (like Vlookup in excel) but using two column or Table array and in case has an error type "Error" or anything I want.  I think using also OR / IF / IFERROR but i couldn't find a logical combination.

See Example below :

 

Table 1Table 2Data Result
A1A21
B1B22
C1C23
   
TableData result 
A11 
B12 
C13 
A21 
B22 
C23 
A3#N/A 
B3#N/A 
X#N/A 
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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @cristianml,

 

You can create a calculated column like this: (I suppose the above table is named as 'Table6', the bottom one is named as 'Table7')

Result =
IF (
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column1], Table7[Table] ) <> BLANK (),
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column1], Table7[Table] ),
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column2], Table7[Table] )
)

3.PNG

 

Alternatively, you can unpivot 'Table6' to convert its table structure to below:

2.PNG

 

Then, to do a Lookup value, please use this formula:

Result =
LOOKUPVALUE ( 'Table6'[Data Result], 'Table6'[Value], Table7[Table] )

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @cristianml,

 

You can create a calculated column like this: (I suppose the above table is named as 'Table6', the bottom one is named as 'Table7')

Result =
IF (
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column1], Table7[Table] ) <> BLANK (),
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column1], Table7[Table] ),
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table6[Data Result], Table6[Column2], Table7[Table] )
)

3.PNG

 

Alternatively, you can unpivot 'Table6' to convert its table structure to below:

2.PNG

 

Then, to do a Lookup value, please use this formula:

Result =
LOOKUPVALUE ( 'Table6'[Data Result], 'Table6'[Value], Table7[Table] )

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thank you, ...  Unpivot columns was the most easy way. Thanks !

jthomson
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Why not convert the two columns into one? Make a copy of the table, keep the first column in the first table and the second column in the second, give them the same name then append it?

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