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5 years ago

Issue with "Underlying Data Export ".

Hello,   We have a table visual with few measures represented as columns.   While exporting the data from a table visual using "Underlying Data" feature, Power bI was not flatenning the exporte...
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collinq
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5 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

I am not quite sure what you are striving for - when you export the data, you are exporting the data that is behind the visual.  So, the underlying data will provide the data that creates the visual and not necessarily every single data source in the dataset.  Also, if you have RLS applied this will affect the outcome.  And, if you have filters applied then that will affect the output as well.  Aggregrations are flattened and removed as well.  There is also a limit to the number of rows being exported and that might be a limit for you.

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5 years ago

Hi collinq ,

I am trying to extract data from a table. The table contains Customer name, Year Month, and some measures (below screenshot). When I try to export “Underlying data ” from the table visual, it only exports the overall measure value and not the underlying data which are connected to it.

EXPORTED FROM :

 

 

 

EXPORTED RESULT 

 

 

DATA MODEL

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    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Thanks for the diagram.  I can't recreate the problem.  In my tests, it is working fine and as expected.  Would you be willing to put the file in a file share somewhere and let me access it and see what I can do?  I test with and without filters, with and without the sum field (fyi - without the summation field [the 5469] being in the aggregration, you can't do underlying data).

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        collinq
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        5 years ago

        Hi Anonymous ,

         

        I received your file and tested it and got the exact same result, initially.  So, the good news is that it was replicated easily for the result.  The bad news is that this is not what we wanted.  So, I dug in a bit more and discovered some documentation that seemed to indicate that this was what should be expected (not by me or by you but by design 🙂  ).

        Specifically, I saw this comment:

        "What you see when you select Underlying data can vary. "

        If a visual contains Aggregates, you will see "the first aggregate and non-hidden data from the entire table for that aggregate" and then all of these for "measures"

        Visual contains What you'll see in export
        Measures* all measures in the visual and all measures from any data table containing a measure used in the visual
        Measures* all non-hidden data from tables that contain that measure (as long as that relationship is *:1 or 1:1)
        Measures* all data from all tables that are related to table(s) containing the measures via a chain of *:1 of 1:1)
        Measures only all non-hidden columns from all related tables (to expand the measure)
        Measures only summarized data for any duplicate rows for model measures

         

        Sooooo, I changed it up a bit and got the summary number WITHOUT using your "Total Calls" measure.  And, it worked fine for a full underlying data export.  In this file, YOUR initial box is on the left, my version on the right.  I have placed the full export and the file here for you:

        https://pmps1-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/cquiring_epmstrategy_com/Eh0j_jBBsu9HhUCMNpx_tF0BkhLeXAntfXnzV66EeD_H2w?e=reeN4g