How do I append a column from one dataframe to another dataframe in power query?
note
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ambiguity
append
a column, I mean merge/join
in power query terminology. (see eg below)eg:
given
| Content | Name | Extension | Date accessed | Date modified | Date created | Attributes | Folder Path |
|----------------------|----------------|------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Binary.FromText(...) | .gitignore | .gitignore | 2023/12/12 21:14:57 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2021.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:16:12 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2022.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:19:20 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2023.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:19:20 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ |
expected
| Content | Name | Extension | Date accessed | Date modified | Date created | Attributes | Folder Path | filterout |
|----------------------|----------------|------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| Binary.FromText(...) | .gitignore | .gitignore | 2023/12/12 21:14:57 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ | AppendedData1 |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2021.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:16:12 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ | AppendedData1 |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2022.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:19:20 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ | AppendedData1 |
| Binary.FromText(...) | 01-01-2023.csv | .csv | 2023/12/12 22:19:20 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | 2023/12/12 15:24:49 | [Record] | G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports\ | AppendedData1 |
attempt fail
let
Source = Folder.Files("G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports"),
Source2 = Folder.Files("G:\wsp\dataset\COVID-19\csse_covid_19_data\csse_covid_19_daily_reports"),
// #"appendedTable" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "filterout", each [Name]) // now "filterout" each contains a String of name << correct
#"appendedTable" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "filterout", each Source2[Name]) // now "filterout" each contains a List of names << wrong
in
appendedTable
#"appendedTable" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "filterout", each Source2[Name]) // now "filterout" each contains a List of names << wrong
)To append column Name from table Source2 to Source
Append = Table.FromColumns ( Table.ToColumns(Source) & {Source2[Name]},Table.ColumnNames(Source)&{"Name"} )