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Apr 15, 2025Copper Contributor
Union and then distinct values of a column
Hi,
Here is a description of my problem.
I have 3 tables, but i will take the example of 2. in each table, I have a column "common_col". I want to combine the values of this 2 tables to get one column and then return the distinct values : like that i will be sure that i have the values of each tables.
********************Script 1**********************
((table1
| project common_col
| distinct common_col)
| union
(table2
| project common_col
| distinct common_col))
| distinct common_col
*******************************************************
******************Script 2 ********************************
((table1
| project common_col
| distinct common_col)
| union
(mv_pdb_process_stl
| project common_col
| distinct common_col))
| summarize by common_col
**********************************************************
The first and second script, because when after importing the data in Power BI, I tried this :
Nb_distinct_values = DISTINCTCOUNT('Newtable'[common_col])
Nb_Total_rows = COUNTROWS('common_col')
I don't get the same number and it is don't normal. So there is an issue in my script and I need help please ! Thanks !
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- petevernCopper Contributor
Can you try to not apply distinct before the union?
Like this:
table1
| project common_col
| union (table2 | project common_col)
| summarize by common_col //or distinct common_col