JoinKind.FullOuter (3) is an enumeration that specifies the kind of join operation. It is a member of the JoinKind.Type and represents a full outer join which ensures that all rows of both tables appear in the result, with rows that did not have a match in the other table joined with a default row containing null values for all of its columns.
Imagine this – you’re joining the ‘Left Table’ and the ‘Right Table’ on a common column. The image below shows how a ‘full outer join’ works. In this case, you get a new table that includes all elements from both the ‘Left Table’ and the ‘Right Table’. If there’s no match for a row in one table, the columns from the other table will simply show as null in the resulting table.
Examples
The full outer join returns all rows of Table1 and Table2. To specify the full outer join operation for the Table.NestedJoin function you can use its 6th argument.
= Table.NestedJoin(
CustomersTable,
{"CustomerID_1"},
OrdersTable,
{"CustomerID_2"},
"Orders"
JoinKind.FullOuter // specifies the JoinKind
)
/* ----------------------------------------
You can also write the short-hand value
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= Table.NestedJoin(
CustomersTable,
{"CustomerID_1"},
OrdersTable,
{"CustomerID_2"},
"Orders"
3 // the concise way to specify the full outer join
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Related enumerations
Other related enumerations are:
Applies to
Here’s a list of functions that work with JoinKind.Type:
