New column that is aligned to data

[dbagnell]

Hi all,

I'm having trouble with something - I'm new to Power Query and although I've done a search for what I'm looking for, I'm not sure I'm using the right terminology so I may have missed an answered thread.

I have query on a csv file that I'm connected to and I refresh the data daily. I have a new column in the second file that should be aliged with the original data, but on refresh it gets shuffled and mis-aligned.

i.e.
On original file:
[TABLE="width: 191"]
<colgroup><col><col span="2"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Number[/TD]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Role[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Cindy[/TD]
[TD]ID[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Denise[/TD]
[TD]SPA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Laurie[/TD]
[TD]Rec[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Gail[/TD]
[TD]Rec[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Adam[/TD]
[TD]Dir
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

[TABLE="width: 191"]
<colgroup><col><col span="2"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]On new file with power query:
[TABLE="width: 283"]
<colgroup><col><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Number[/TD]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Role[/TD]
[TD]Note[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Cindy[/TD]
[TD]ID[/TD]
[TD]Cindy is nice[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Denise[/TD]
[TD]SPA[/TD]
[TD]Denise is tall[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Laurie[/TD]
[TD]Rec[/TD]
[TD]Laurie is tallest[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Gail[/TD]
[TD]Rec[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Adam[/TD]
[TD]Dir[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

When I refresh the data, if anything has changed (which it always will), my notes column gets moved so that the "Cindy is nice" note ends up on the row by Laurie.

How do I get my new column (which is notes about the line item) to stay with the line item it's intended for?

Thanks!

 

[sandy666]

maybe try Merge these two tables by Number then Expand necessary columns only

 

[dbagnell]

Ohhhh, that might work! I'll try, thanks!

 

[sandy666]

Welcome