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Creator II
Creator II

forcing association by creating new column from multiple fields using concatenate

Can I create my own key column in the data load editor for a qvd file so that I can join/associate that with another qvd file?

E.g - 

QVD1 - Year, Month, Account, ClientAcc, ClientKey, Revenue

QVD2, State, Region, County, Account, ClientAcc, ClientKey, Costs

As you can see, I am trying to use both the Revenue and Costs measures but the 2 QVD's do not associate since there is nothing to associate on. 

Can I concatenate the Account, ClientAcc, ClientKey (Account+ClientAcc+ClientKey) into a new column for both QVD's so that they will associate upon loading? I'm trying to see what the best practice for this type of task. 

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Ezirraffner
Creator II
Creator II

Yes, you can concatenate. The suggested is Autonumber(Account&'|'&ClientAcc&'|'&ClientKey).

 

QVD1 - Autonumber(Account&'|'&ClientAcc&'|'&ClientKey) as ID, Year, Month,Revenue

 

QVD2 -  Autonumber(Account&'|'&ClientAcc&'|'&ClientKey) as ID, State, Region, County, Costs

 

I hope this helps.