This is an in-depth explanation of multiple Power Query techniques and the performance of each approach.
🤯 The final query uses Table.Transform, List.Transform and List.Accumulate
Here's the file
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00:00 Intro, explanation and summary
04:17 Getting the data set up
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05:30 Single Column Examples
05:32 Exact Match (Merge) FAST
07:17 Exact Match (Formula) SLOW
09:32 Partial Match with Ignore case (Custom Column) SLOW
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13:40 Multiple column Examples
14:55 Exact Match (Unpivot) SLOW
15:42 Exact Match (Single Formula) VERY SLOW
17:20 Exact Match with ignore case (Single Formula) FAST
20:23 Partial Match (Long Formula) FAST
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