Outer Join statement in LINQ - linq

Question

I am trying to create an outer join statement in LINQ and am not having much luck. I know that Performing an outer join requires two steps:
(1) Convert the join into a group join with into
(2) Use DefaultIfEmpty() on the group to generate the null value you expect if the joined result set is empty.
I have been using this code as an example:
var query = (from p in dc.GetTable<Person>()
join pa in dc.GetTable<PersonAddress>() on p.Id equals pa.PersonId into tempAddresses
from addresses in tempAddresses.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new { p.FirstName, p.LastName, addresses.State });
So I tried to do this:
var outerJoin =
from h in resultHours
join u in results on h.Key equals u.Key into outer
from dictionary in outer.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new {
The problem is that intellisense doesn't recognize anything in the select new {} statement. I've tried u. and h., even dictionary.
The problem I may be running into is that I'm trying to outer join two dictionaries. It doesn't seem to like that, although this is what I was told I need to do. I am obviously doing something wrong or not understanding something.
I need to join the dictionary results.Unit with the dictionary resultHours.Hours because my output is missing unitId fields under certain conditions. Doing an outer join is supposed to clear this up.
Here is the code for results:
var results =
(from v in VDimUnit
join vf in VFactEnergyAllocation on v.UnitKey equals vf.UnitKey
join vd in VDimGadsEvent on vf.GadsEventKey equals vd.GadsEventKey
join vt in VDimTime on vf.TimeKey equals vt.TimeKey
where typeCodes.Contains(vd.GadsEventTypeCode)
&& vt.YearNum >= (year - 3) && vt.YearNum <= year
group vf by new {v.PlantId, v.PhysicalUnitId, v.NetDependableCapacity, v.NetMaximumCapacity,
vt.MonthNum} into groupItem
select new {groupItem.Key.PlantId, groupItem.Key.PhysicalUnitId, groupItem.Key.NetMaximumCapacity,
groupItem.Key.MonthNum, PO_HRS = groupItem.Sum(
x=> (float)x.AllocatedEnergyMwh / groupItem.Key.NetDependableCapacity),
UO_HRS = groupItem.Sum(x=> (float)x.AllocatedEnergyMwh / groupItem.Key.NetDependableCapacity),
Unit = groupItem.Count(), groupItem.Key}).ToDictionary(x=> x.Key, x=> x);
Here is the code for resultHours:
var resultHours =
(from vt in VDimTime
join vf in VFactEnergyAllocation on vt.TimeKey equals vf.TimeKey
join vd in VDimGadsEvent on vf.GadsEventKey equals vd.GadsEventKey
join v in VDimUnit on vf.UnitKey equals v.UnitKey
group vt by new {v.PlantId, v.PhysicalUnitId, v.NetDependableCapacity, v.NetMaximumCapacity,
vt.MonthNum} into groupItem
select new {groupItem.Key.PlantId, groupItem.Key.PhysicalUnitId, groupItem.Key.NetMaximumCapacity,
Hours = groupItem.Count(), groupItem.Key}).ToDictionary(x=> x.Key.ToString(), x=> x.Hours);
This is presently how I have my output. It will change after I figure out how to do the outer join.
var finalResults =
(from r in results
orderby r.Key.MonthNum, r.Key.PlantId, r.Key.PhysicalUnitId
select new {Site = r.Key.PlantId, Unit = r.Key.PhysicalUnitId, r.Key.MonthNum, Numerator = r.Value.PO_HRS, Denominator =
resultHours[r.Key.ToString()], Weight = r.Key.NetMaximumCapacity, Data_Indicator = DATA_INDICATOR,
Budgeted = budgetedPlannedOutageHrs, Industry_Benchmark = INDUSTRY_BENCHMARK, Comments = comments,
Executive_Comments = executiveComments, Fleet_Exec_Comments = fleetExecComments});
I'm at a loss. The LINQ outer join examples I have found apaprently do not apply when joining dictionaries.