How to create final table based on Joins of two tables in power BI

Question

I have 2 tables, city table and population table, i need to join them to show report. How to do this?

Answer 1

Hi Nithin,

It is easy and simple.

1. Go to Power BI, Get Data -> Data Source -> select the tables while fetching data sources, then click on edit option to perform any ETL operations.

2. You can see list of tables on left side pane of Power Query Editor window.

3.Click on merge option ( as new).

4.Select the 2nd table and select the column to join and the join kind .

5.The Key column is shown in new table with (table) entry.

6. Select the columns to select the columns to add in new table created after join. 

7. Columns are displayed as below. (<2nd table name>.<column name>). The new table can be renamed on the right side of the window.

hope this helps you. 

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Comments

I even tried opening the images in a new tab.

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Hi @There,

ould you please explain your workaround what are you trying to do?

Answer 2

In Power BI Desktop you can join two tables with Merge menu item in the Query Editor, in Home tab, Under Combine, Merge Queries. The Merge Window will appear with ability to select first table (Left part of the join), and the second table (Right part of the join).

Learn How to combine multiple tables in Power BI?

Answer 3

To do so, follow these steps:

1. From the left pane of Query Editor, select the query into which you want the other query to merge. ...
2. Select Combine > Merge Queries from the Home tab on the ribbon. ...
3. Select State from the RetirementStats table, then select the StateCodes query. ...
4. Select OK.

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