Search code examples
exceljoinpowerbipowerqueryslicers

Power Query map one column from a table to three columns of another table


I am working on a dashboard for Netflix movies/series. I have a table A with columns as shown - enter image description here

I need a Genre Slicer on the top of dashboard to filter movies of that genre.

I am thinking of making an another table B with column Only_Genre such as -

enter image description here

and separating the Genre column from table A into different columns as shown - enter image description here

and then mapping Only_Genre of table B to Genre, Genre2 and Genre3 of table A.

But I am unable to do so in power query. Can anyone please help? Or any other workaround for the job can also work. Thanks.


Solution

  • I'd suggest making table B like this:

    Genre Single Genre
    Crime, Drama, Mystery Crime
    Crime, Drama, Mystery Drama
    Crime, Drama, Mystery Mystery
    Crime, Drama Crime
    Crime, Drama Drama
    Action, Crime, Thriller Action
    Action, Crime, Thriller Crime
    Action, Crime, Thriller Thriller

    Then you can create a relationship on Genre and use Single Genre for your slicer. You'll want it to be many-to-many where B filters A.