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Join Tool Support

pbresney
6 - Meteoroid

I need support joining data within my flow. In one sheet, I have a list of codes, and in the other sheet, I have a list of descriptions associated with each code. In the codes sheet, there are 3 columns, Code 1 Code 2 and Code 3. Sometimes there is only a code in code 1, sometimes in 1 and 2, and sometimes in 1,2, and 3. I need support with a flow that grabs the descriptions that are associated with each code and populates in a new sheet with all the data.

 

I want the output to be on the right, and have a "code 1 description" "code 2 description" "code 3 description" 

 

Any tips?


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aatalai
14 - Magnetar

connect the 2 data sources to a join tool and select code 1, code 2 and code 3 as joining criterias

 

Let me know how you get on

 

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pbresney
6 - Meteoroid

Thank for the reply. When I attempted to do this in the past I did not get any inner join output. The inputs are coming from 2 sheets. 1 with the codes, and 1 with the total list of codes, and the next column is the corresponding description.

aatalai
14 - Magnetar

ok check that the empty fields are actually empty and don't have trailing spaces etc as this can cause an issue, use a data cleanse to be extra sure

@pbresney hope this helps, if you upload some files/data that can be copied and pasted happy to take a look and mock something up

pbresney
6 - Meteoroid

Here is a sample of test data. Thank you!

Raj
16 - Nebula

@pbresney 

one way of achieving this.

Raj
16 - Nebula

@pbresney another way of doing this
mark done if solved.

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