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ukeasyproj
Helper II
Helper II

trying to merge 2 columns together in power bi direct query mode but getting error

I am trying to merge 2 columns in a table together, but I am getting the following error:

 

"This step results in a query that is not supported in direct query mode"

 

My sql query:

 

let
Source = Sql.Database(ServerName, DatabaseName),
dbo_TT_Projects = Source{[Schema="dbo",Item="TT_Projects"]}[Data],
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(dbo_TT_Projects, each [AccountId] = AccountID),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"ProjectID", "Name", "EndDate", "ActCompletionDate", "Duration", "StartDate", "CreationDate", "ProjectStatusID", "BillingType", "BillingAmount", "Progress", "CustomerID", "CreatorID", "EstimatedHours", "Budget", "PortfolioID", "Billed", "MD_ProjectFields"}),
#"Expanded MD_ProjectFields" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "MD_ProjectFields", {"ProjectDECIMAL0", "ProjectDECIMAL1", "ProjectDECIMAL2", "ProjectDECIMAL3", "ProjectDECIMAL4", "ProjectDATETIME1", "ProjectDATETIME2", "ProjectDATETIME3", "ProjectDATETIME4", "ProjectDATETIME5", "ProjectINT0", "ProjectINT7", "ProjectINT8"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL0", "ProjectDECIMAL1", "ProjectDECIMAL2", "ProjectDECIMAL3", "ProjectDECIMAL4", "ProjectDATETIME1", "ProjectDATETIME2", "ProjectDATETIME3", "ProjectDATETIME4", "ProjectDATETIME5", "ProjectINT0", "ProjectINT7", "ProjectINT8"}),
#"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Expanded MD_ProjectFields",{{"ProjectINT7", "CancerID"}, {"ProjectINT8", "CardiacID"}}),
#"Renamed CustomFields" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Renamed Columns1",{{"ProjectDATETIME1", "Original End Date"}, {"ProjectDATETIME2", "Q1 End Date"}, {"ProjectDATETIME3", "Q2 End Date"}, {"ProjectDATETIME4", "Q3 End Date"}, {"ProjectDATETIME5", "Q4 End Date"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL0", "Original Estimated Hours"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL1", "Q1"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL2", "Q2"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL3", "Q3"}, {"ProjectDECIMAL4", "Q4"}}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Renamed CustomFields",{{"Name", "Project Name"}, {"StartDate", "Start Date"}, {"EndDate", "End Date"}, {"ProjectINT0", "Cost Center ID"}}),
#"Merged Columns" = Table.CombineColumns(Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns", {{"CardiacID", type text}, {"CancerID", type text}}, "en-CA"),{"CardiacID", "CancerID"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged")
in
#"Merged Columns"

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v-yuezhe-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @ukeasyproj ,

As other post, we have some limitations in DirectQuery mode, "Merge column" feature is one of the them.

To work around the issue in your scenario, you can merge columns by creating new columns using formulas as below, replace the following column names with your own column names.

MergeColumn = CONCATENATE(test[item],test[State])
Merge = CONCATENATE(test[item],CONCATENATE(",",test[State]))
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Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
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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