Extract values from tables dependent on table name

[stzlee]

Hi all,

Very new to Power Query and M, but been attempting to learn about this topic before resorting to posting.

For example, what I am trying to achieve is I have a key table containing IDs item1, item2, item3, but this is simply a list of the items.

The information I want for each item is within its respective table; tables named item1, item2, item3.

Is it possible to lookup the value of the ID and match that to a table of the same name, to then extract values from a column within that table?

(An example is below)

Thanks in advance! 😆

e.g.

Table: KeyTable

Columns: ID

Item1

Item2

Item3

Table: Item1

Columns: Value

1

Table: Item2

Columns: Value

2

Table: Item3

Columns: Value

3

Desired Table

Table: MasterList

Columns:

ID                      Value

Item1              1

Item2              2

Item3              3

[Jimmy801]

Hello @stzlee 

have you been able to solve the problem with the replies given?

If so, please mark it as solution (to help other users find useful content and to acknowledge the work of users that helped you)
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All the best

Jimmy

[stzlee]

Hi @Jimmy801,

I have been trying to understand the replies, but because of the additional concepts that come with each reply (one example: "need to maintain a record manually for every query you want to reference dynamically in this step"), it feels like some sort of rabbit-hole. However, I am still attempting to learn all this when I find the time to.

Please be patient, I will mark the solution as solved when I do finally solve my problem.

Thanks,

Seb

[Mariusz]

Hi @stzlee 

You can a Column like below.

= Record.FieldValues( Record.SelectFields( #shared, [ID] ) ){0}

 

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[artemus]

I don't think using #shared will work. This is due to query isolation, where none of the other queries will be avialable unless explicitly referenced when you load the data into the model. It works fine in preview, but will probably not when you do close and load.

If possible you should try and load all your tables into one query, and then reference that query in other queries to extract out the individual tables.

[Jimmy801]

Hello @stzlee 

check out this code. Use Expression.Evaluate passing your column content and the #shared-option to ready dynamically from another query.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8ixJzTVUio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t]),
    ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", type text}}),
    AddedCustom = Table.AddColumn(ChangedType, "Custom", each Expression.Evaluate([ID],#shared)[Value]),
    ExpandedCustom = Table.ExpandListColumn(AddedCustom, "Custom")
in
    ExpandedCustom

If this post helps or solves your problem, please mark it as solution (to help other users find useful content and to acknowledge the work of users that helped you)
Kudoes are nice too

Have fun

Jimmy

[stzlee]

Hi @Jimmy801,

Thank you for your response! I have been attempting to decipher your code, but sadly am getting nowhere due to the hex-encoding. I am assuming the "i45W8ixJzTVUio0FAA==" refers to Item1-3. Those were just an example and I am having trouble trying to alter that code into the actual table titles. In this case, the tables are actually named:

Table1: DeviceMaster

Column: ID

70B3D57050002A6B

70B3D57050002B64

and two tables with the "70B3..." as names. Could you please let me know how you translated "Item" into "i45W..."

Thanks,

Seb

[Jimmy801]

Hello @stzlee 

try out this code to make things clearer.

let
	Source = #table
	(
		{"ID"},
		{
			{"Item1"}
		}
	),
    ChangedType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", type text}}),
    YourQueriesAsRecord=  [Item1 = Item1],
    AddedCustom = Table.AddColumn(ChangedType, "Custom", (add)=> Expression.Evaluate(add[ID], YourQueriesAsRecord)[Value]),
    ExpandedCustom = Table.ExpandListColumn(AddedCustom, "Custom")
in
    ExpandedCustom

However, as it was mentioned by @artemus , my first code won't work after you loaded it to the datamodel

Therefore you need to maintain a record manually for every query you want to reference dynamically in this step

If this post helps or solves your problem, please mark it as solution (to help other users find useful content and to acknowledge the work of users that helped you)
Kudoes are nice too

Have fun

Jimmy