Merge 2 tables into 1 overview

[johnkorten]

Good evening,

I want to merge table 1 and table 2 into 1 overview.

But there is not a normal relation between the 2 tables.

Sources:

Table 1

FileID	Supplier
LFI223081	Dunga-dunga
LFI223747	Sonac-Gent
LFI224207	Trob-Dong
LFI225815	Moyp-Ballym
LFI225820	Dunga-Dunga

Table 2

Supplier	active	FFA	PH	NPH	PE	Ni
Dunga-dunga	no	5	20	15	39	700
Sonac-Gent	yes	1	10	5	20	550
Trob-Dong	yes	3	50	40	1	20
Moyp-Ballym	yes	6	300	250	35	1000
Dunga-dunga	yes	4	25	10	40	650

New overview

FileID          Supplier	FFA	PH	NPH	PE	Ni
LFI223081	Dunga-dunga	4	25	10	40	650
LFI223747	Sonac-Gent	1	10	5	20	550
LFI224207	Trob-Dong	3	50	40	1	20
LFI225815	Moyp-Ballym	6	300	250	35	1000
LFI225820	Dunga-Dunga	4	25	10	40	650

What I want:

Combine table 1 and 2.

In table 2 there are a lot lines with the same supplier.

But in table 2 there is only 1 active line per supplier.

So i need to combine the active line and get them as above overview.

Can someone help me with this?

[Jimmy801 · Accepted solution]

Hello @johnkorten 

first you need to filter your second table to delete inactive suppliers. As you want to compare this two columns ignoring the case, you need to add a new column where you filter the second table, ignoring the case. Here an example

let
    Table1 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45W8nHzNDIyNrAwVNJRcinNS0/UTQGRSrE6MDlzE3OgXHB+XmKyrntqXglCysTIACQVUpSfpOuSn5eOkDG1MDQFyvjmVxboOiXm5FTmIssZGcAtc4FYFgsA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [FileID = _t, Supplier = _t]),
    Table2 = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcinNS0/UTQGRSjpKeflAwhSIjQyAhCGIZWwJJMwNDJRidaKVgvPzEpN13VPzSoCClanFIEUgbICszdQUojikKD9J1yU/Lx2u1hgkC1JiYgDVaQRR6ptfWaDrlJiTU5kLV2wG0mAAUmgE1mNsCrYJ6hJUd0N0mIDVwtwDtsMM5JZYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Supplier = _t, active = _t, FFA = _t, PH = _t, NPH = _t, PE = _t, Ni = _t]),
    FilterTable2 = Table.SelectRows(Table2, each ([active] = "yes")),
    JoinTable1WithTable2 = Table.AddColumn
    (
        Table1,
        "Table2",
        (row)=> Table.SelectRows(FilterTable2, each if Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase([Supplier],row[Supplier])=0 then true else false)
    ),
    #"Expanded Table2" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(JoinTable1WithTable2, "Table2", {"active", "FFA", "PH", "NPH", "PE", "Ni"}, {"active", "FFA", "PH", "NPH", "PE", "Ni"})
in 
    #"Expanded Table2"

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Jimmy

[PhilipTreacy]

Hi @johnkorten 

I don't see thelogic of how the Dunga-dunga rows are connetced between the tables.  How do I know which row in Table 2 joins to which row in table 1?

Phil