How To Easily Merge Tables With Power Query: Vlookup Alternative

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  • @shrs.3448
    @shrs.3448 2 роки тому +2

    FINALLY, I found your video that solves my issue.
    Thank you, thank you and thank you.
    I self-learned just enough to use Access to combine several data tables but then realized I can't use it online nor in the MacBook.
    So, I need to switch back to Excel and Excel has improved to 'Power Query' stuff in which I am not familiar with at all.
    But you have saved my day.

  • @eyc128
    @eyc128 4 роки тому +14

    It used to be half day or more for me to do the merging. Now, I can do it in less than 5 mins. Thank you Jon !

  • @collontomlyn6567
    @collontomlyn6567 3 роки тому +3

    I've been doing VLOOKUP for days and this just answered my question of "why doesn't the machine do the work for me?" Thank you, Jon!

  • @abelnyamori
    @abelnyamori 4 роки тому +5

    Everytime I watch this guy he saves me time! Even when I'm not expecting it

  • @melissajacobs7223
    @melissajacobs7223 4 роки тому +4

    Where has this channel been all my life?? Thanks Jon!

  • @evanjonesGCM
    @evanjonesGCM Рік тому +2

    Tremendously helpful, thanks for sharing! I had a table of 213K+ unique values that I needed to merge with a csv of over 4M records (too large for a xlsx table) and this did the trick.

  • @ukaszlachmider5961
    @ukaszlachmider5961 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Jon! You've explained the merging in a very comprehensive way. I will definitely visit your channel often!

  • @crbohannon
    @crbohannon 3 роки тому +9

    Thank you!! I was going crazy trying to figure out an index match function and this was soooo much easier than that!

  • @monkeydgarp6394
    @monkeydgarp6394 2 роки тому +1

    thx for the tutorial, this helps me to "vlookup" from *txt data with more than 3 million rows, since "normal" excel can only handle 1 millions row

  • @mirrrvelll5164
    @mirrrvelll5164 4 роки тому +1

    First thing what I do when watching your videos is clicking Like and then watching. Because I know they gonna impress me!

  • @johnharker3478
    @johnharker3478 10 місяців тому +1

    This is exactly what i was looking for - thank you.

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  10 місяців тому

      Great to hear that! 😀

  • @jerusamatende663
    @jerusamatende663 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Jon...Thank you for this tutorial. The videos are easy to understand

  • @sargonkheedo
    @sargonkheedo 4 роки тому +1

    you are absolutely the best to learn from. the clarity and the way you train is just GREAT

  • @educationworld4611
    @educationworld4611 2 роки тому +1

    Very well taught. God bless you

  • @kashivishwanath7603
    @kashivishwanath7603 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you. Wonderfully explained.🙏🙏🙏

  • @Pankaj1205
    @Pankaj1205 3 роки тому +1

    Great Video, help me a lot. I was struglling to automate my vlookup from long time. now its matter of 10 min only. thanks

  • @stephaniepietz2103
    @stephaniepietz2103 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for making such clear and easy to understand videos!

  • @WilliamPeck1958
    @WilliamPeck1958 2 роки тому +1

    Great job! I got it done following this step by step ... good job Jon! 👍

  • @mihir2508
    @mihir2508 3 роки тому +2

    Nice and simple explanation. Thanks a lot.

  • @N7eptune
    @N7eptune 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Jon.I have a number of Sheets limited to 32 columns each so I may use a Form to enter data in each sheet and then I am combining them in one sheet of 255 columns or less for a mail merge, so this is just what I needed.

  • @wayneedmondson1065
    @wayneedmondson1065 4 роки тому +2

    Hi Jon.. thanks for this quick tutorial on Merging Queries to mimic VLOOKUP. Always learn something new at your channel and at your web site. Also, really appreciate that you give access to the sample data to allow for following along with the video. Thumbs up!!

  • @erastone100
    @erastone100 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, this video hit all the key points I needed.

  • @tutsecret499
    @tutsecret499 8 місяців тому

    Thank you! the first attempt, it got all messed up and I was ready to give up "oh it does not apply to my case", then I tried again and worked beautiful. My case was whenever there is a country in one column, the race column needs place race name automatically. Example: If Ukraine country, then Race column-cell is 1-White, if Mexico, then 3-Hispanic; if China, then 4-Other Asian; if Phillipines, then 9-Filipino, and so forth. for this process I was using the Xlookup. So today first time used the PowerQuery. I handle 100 + data and no way I will type race for each country.

  • @rikikoes
    @rikikoes 3 роки тому +1

    Its very useful. Thanks Jon

  • @r.lew7424
    @r.lew7424 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent tutorial Jon!

  • @MarketingUnoElTonirMarketing
    @MarketingUnoElTonirMarketing Рік тому +1

    Thank you, This video really helped me!

  • @WillersMedia
    @WillersMedia 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you! Massive help... something so simple...

  • @khadimali9755
    @khadimali9755 Рік тому +1

    Thank you very much Jon for this video

  • @porridgeisgood129
    @porridgeisgood129 Рік тому +2

    Very well explained. Thankyou.

  • @darrylmorgan
    @darrylmorgan 4 роки тому +1

    The Awesomeness Of Power Query..Great Tutorial Thank You Jon :)

  • @shuyifong1125
    @shuyifong1125 2 роки тому +5

    Hi Jon, tried to apply this technique to merge Cost data to Sales data by item code to derive profitability. A large majority of the merged data works - big thanks! But I notice that for only a few selected item codes, duplicate sales data are created in the merged data table. What are the possible reasons for that, and what can I do to avoid creation of duplicates? Thank you!

  • @ghaidanuristsara2978
    @ghaidanuristsara2978 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, John, its very helpful 👍

  • @johnhe14
    @johnhe14 3 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed it! So much to learn!

  • @ahmedabbas569
    @ahmedabbas569 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for these valuable info 👍

  • @jiajiaphotography
    @jiajiaphotography 3 роки тому

    Very clearly explained. Thanks so much

  • @amitchaudhary6
    @amitchaudhary6 3 роки тому +1

    Mind blowing. Really very helpful.

  • @glorianachc
    @glorianachc 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you this is exactly what I needed

  • @FavouredLadyT
    @FavouredLadyT 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you! I always learn so much from you.

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  4 роки тому

      Thank you, Tshepo! I appreciate your support. 🙌

  • @peteglews6601
    @peteglews6601 5 місяців тому

    Very late to the party here but this was really helpful... Thank you 😀

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  4 місяці тому

      You're welcome, Pete! 😀

  • @EyiBillion
    @EyiBillion 3 роки тому +1

    Well explained. Brilliant!

  • @VinayThakur-f8t
    @VinayThakur-f8t 2 місяці тому

    Excellent lecture

  • @eCabinetstipsandtricks
    @eCabinetstipsandtricks 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you, Jon. This helped me a lot.

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  4 роки тому

      Awesome! Thanks for letting us know! 🙌

  • @nadermounir8228
    @nadermounir8228 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you John ! Great tutorial

  • @WMLbro
    @WMLbro 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for the great tutorial

  • @h.h.l6717
    @h.h.l6717 3 роки тому

    This is powerful and useful. Well explanation!

  • @EnkhturDamdinjav
    @EnkhturDamdinjav 3 роки тому +1

    Jon, thanks, very useful

  • @monicasandru9311
    @monicasandru9311 2 роки тому +1

    Explicit! Well done!

  • @akohsalifu6607
    @akohsalifu6607 2 роки тому +1

    kindly send me the link for your power query training. thank you

  • @hamamshihaibi7377
    @hamamshihaibi7377 3 роки тому

    Cheers Jon, absolute legend.

  • @claudiavanherp
    @claudiavanherp 4 роки тому

    Thank you, this will help me learn how to extract data in my work environment. Love the Excel sample provided.

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  4 роки тому

      I'm happy to hear it. Thanks Claudia! 😊

  • @richardalwinraj6866
    @richardalwinraj6866 2 роки тому +1

    Really Helpful

  • @fourthscorner9814
    @fourthscorner9814 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Jon, you saved me!

  • @slothyone
    @slothyone 3 роки тому +1

    You a real one

  • @norhayasaibi9563
    @norhayasaibi9563 Рік тому

    Thank you. I have issues when I got extra rows after merge queries. do you know how I can fix this. thank you

  • @AndreaUK1973
    @AndreaUK1973 3 роки тому

    I am using a lot of this method to do my reconciliations for suppliers account. Thank you so much! It is a job saver! Now, my question is, I have made data connection to pdf files (statements of account) and created my power query. I noticed that if someone make any changes to the pdf file, e.g: re-name it or even delete it from our shared location, I lose the connection and messes all what I’ve done. To save my work, I did copy the table to a normal excel file, however, is there any way to repair the connection? Replace the connection by adding the link to another copy of the same pdf file that I used before? Do you know what I mean?

  • @sanathsaja9840
    @sanathsaja9840 2 роки тому +1

    good lesson

  • @omprakashojha9698
    @omprakashojha9698 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome. Thank you!

  • @mauricioetienne3379
    @mauricioetienne3379 2 роки тому

    Hi thanks for all these great videos really helping me to sort all my personal and professional info...
    My question is, Could you do the merge query with an approximate text match? its the same example as your video only the Orders DB matching column has an approximate "fuzzy" match...
    Kind of like using wildcards with the merge query
    Thanks

  • @desaiketanbketan2126
    @desaiketanbketan2126 3 роки тому

    For example if there multiple items in one coloum and also same items in other excel file ,so can we get same result or it will show duplicate item

  • @alighasemi1141
    @alighasemi1141 3 роки тому +1

    you are amazing!! love you so much

  • @sourabhjain5915
    @sourabhjain5915 2 роки тому

    To merge (not append) do all tables have to be in the same sheet? My question is, can we have multiple Excel workbooks in a folder, be merged into a separate file, where this separate file keeps getting updated whenever the folder is updated ?

  • @jgall644
    @jgall644 3 роки тому

    Hi. Thanks for the video, this was very close to what I'm trying to do, but not quite. Let's say I have a customers table with cusID and cusName columns. I would like to have another table where I enter the order information, called orders I suppose. when I enter a customer ID into the orders table, I would like the orders.customerName to update automatically. I don't want to create a merged new table, but rather pull that information into the orders table itself. Is this possible using either the Data Model or Power Query, or should I just stick to using XLOOKUP?

  • @Burak-lz9jk
    @Burak-lz9jk 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome.Thanks Jon

  • @vijaysahal4556
    @vijaysahal4556 3 роки тому +1

    You are rock star 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @aviroy7085
    @aviroy7085 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing Jon !! you have a magic

  • @alexandergonzalojimenezcas3984
    @alexandergonzalojimenezcas3984 3 роки тому

    Very nice , how can I Marge I modified table(Marge1) with another single table , knowing that the first table has a hide principal value , I've been trying to do this but it gets repeat some values

  • @deep123941
    @deep123941 4 роки тому +1

    👍👍👌👌 very helpful for me
    Thanks

  • @juanmunoz676
    @juanmunoz676 3 роки тому

    Minute 6:10, instead of adding a new sheet, can you replace an existing sheet?
    The reason I ask is, I have formulas that go to one of the connecting table, I would like to update the information and not have to create a new sheet with new information.

  • @shutupcaf
    @shutupcaf 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant, so easy to follow! Thanks Jon :)

  • @johnjohn7568
    @johnjohn7568 Рік тому +1

    THANKS GREAT jOB!

  • @leoy3225
    @leoy3225 2 роки тому

    Is it possible to have more than one lookup column? Let’s say both tables contain Customer ID and Department ID columns. In the second table, contact info is different, depending on the combination of those two columns. Is it possible to merge by using two or more lookup columns?

  • @brv1111
    @brv1111 4 роки тому +1

    Bloody brilliant!!!

  • @moneyfun1538
    @moneyfun1538 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome Jon... thank you a lot

  • @nusretrizvanovic3849
    @nusretrizvanovic3849 4 роки тому +1

    Can i merge more then 2 tables, or can i merge all files from folder? Thanks

  • @abrickwo
    @abrickwo 9 місяців тому

    Thanks , where is the fix for the missing data during the merge. ?

  • @hmmmmmmmmmn
    @hmmmmmmmmmn 3 роки тому

    Does the result of this query updates when the source tables are updated? or is it a one off?

  • @brittanygarland9953
    @brittanygarland9953 3 роки тому

    Thank you Jon, I have successfully merged many tables but I can not figure out how to either conditionally merge tables or use the equivalent of the DAX LOOKUPVALUE function. From my SQL Database table I have 2 queries and I need to be able to retrieve data from Query 1 Column C based on both Column A & B values and place this data in Query 2 based on Column B & D in Query 2. Is there any way you know how to do this?

  • @Su-ec7pj
    @Su-ec7pj 4 роки тому +1

    Great Tutorial. Thumbs up :)

  • @TheSiNnEr734
    @TheSiNnEr734 3 роки тому

    Can we perform these operations if the customers table was in a different worksheet?

  • @mllawhorn5584
    @mllawhorn5584 4 роки тому

    Very helpful video but I'm having trouble getting my connection only table query to be visible from the primary table that I am merging into. Do these tables have to be sheets of the same excel file (like they are in your vid)? I feel like that isn't the issue because you specifically mention they don't even have to be the same file type. But clearly I'm missing something obvious.

  • @vineeshp8519
    @vineeshp8519 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome 😍

  • @prajwalshetty2047
    @prajwalshetty2047 3 роки тому

    Nice Video 👍

  • @benc6613
    @benc6613 4 роки тому

    Hey Jon, Sorry this is unrelated to the video but I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what excel is trying to do with some of my inputs. When I put in my dilution labels, e.g. 1:50, 1:100, 1:200, etc. Excel is changing them to 0.07638r, 0.111r, and 0.18055r. I recognize that just changing the format of the cell to text will fix the issue of the "auto-fix," but I am confused as to what excel is trying to represent. It's not the division as you might expect for calculation of a ratio, as that would show 0.02, 0.01, and 0.005. Any guesses what is happening here? I'm probably just forgetting my grade school math...

  • @abdullahalmaruf2658
    @abdullahalmaruf2658 4 роки тому +1

    Many many thanks

  • @EnkhturDamdinjav
    @EnkhturDamdinjav 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah, very useful

  • @aviroy7085
    @aviroy7085 4 роки тому

    Hi Jon, Thank you for the video!! I have large data set in my excel file it (saved it in csv format) is around 930000 cells. When I m working in the file it got hanged most of the time. Kindly advise how to work smoothly in the file...

  • @bestenglishtutor1
    @bestenglishtutor1 4 роки тому

    Hi Jon.
    I immediately subscribed your super great video. It's just awesome.
    By the way, do we have a way to sort a single column only? My file has no relationship with other columns each other, so I just wanted to sort one column that doesn't impact other columns. Thanks.

  • @eeeraerts
    @eeeraerts 4 роки тому +1

    Many thanks this will help me

  • @prajwalshetty2047
    @prajwalshetty2047 3 роки тому

    Sir I used separate Power query to append Gross sales of various Branches to find total Gross sales and Sales return of various Branches to find total sales return in two different sheet, in one sheet total Gross sales and in other sheet total sales return. To find Total Net sales, I manually reduce sales return from gross sales. Sir is there any way to do this all calculation in power query itself.

  • @udaypamphilos
    @udaypamphilos 3 роки тому

    I have a situation where i use IFERROR(VLOOKUP between two excel files. If the vlookup result is not found using the primary key then i use the secondary key to lookup. Can you help me how to do this in PowerQuery?

  • @wantoxy1407
    @wantoxy1407 2 роки тому +1

    great!😀

  • @Scootersps
    @Scootersps Рік тому +1

    Thanks

  • @joyzuniga3963
    @joyzuniga3963 3 роки тому

    Hi Excel Campus, I wonder if I can do a combination of calculated field values and lookup just like this. Is it possible? thanks for the answer.

  • @plteow1884
    @plteow1884 4 роки тому +1

    Fantastic!! Thank you.

  • @mahansor8295
    @mahansor8295 4 роки тому +1

    Many thanks 💯☑️

  • @2902967
    @2902967 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome

  • @papachoudhary5482
    @papachoudhary5482 4 роки тому +2

    Kindly make videos on POWERBI

    • @ExcelCampus
      @ExcelCampus  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the vote! I'll add it to the list. It's been awhile since I've done a UA-cam video on Power BI.
      We also have a full Power BI Online Course that's part of our Elevate Excel Training Program, if you are looking more comprehensive step-by-step training.
      Thanks again and have a nice day! 🙂

    • @papachoudhary5482
      @papachoudhary5482 4 роки тому

      @@ExcelCampus Truely Welcome, Sir
      Yes! Our group want more videos on POWERBI.

  • @muhammadakif5951
    @muhammadakif5951 4 роки тому

    I want to ask a question it's not regarding this video but hope you answer it I have seen a couple of videos to create a search bar in excel to look through the table I have done all the steps correctly as described by many but it gives an error of formula I have done it 100 times exactly as it was described by some people.
    Need help.

  • @naveedanjumroll1337
    @naveedanjumroll1337 2 роки тому

    can we do this in Google sheet?

  • @sachinrv1
    @sachinrv1 4 роки тому +2

    The simple solution in older version would be to bring in column headers from the customers table into order table and then use MATCH function inside VLOOKUP in column index number condition to get relevant position of each column label followed by exact match. Anyway thanks for sharing the trick