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Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Column reference to 'Date' in table '...' cannot be used with a variation 'Date'
Hello, I am running into an error that occurs when I try to couple two different actions in Power BI. Action 1 - I am creating a new column that finds the corresponding value for the same day the prev...
Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Thanks for bringing the importance of the CALENDAR table to my attention.
I have gone ahead and created this table in my model. Then in the relationship (attached in original message) I put this table between the Lessor/Lessee Data table and the Exchange Data table connected by the date fields. The same error persists, however.
Is this error message one that you would expect to find if the CALCULATE function is causing the custom column to time out/stop?
Thanks,
Alex
Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Once you have a Calendar table in your model, you CANNOT use any other date field that's connected to this table. All columns in your fact tables MUST be hidden. Please watch this to learn about good modeling habits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quTwyvDfG0
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78d6mwR8GtA&t=1247s
Here's material on time-intel:
https://www.sqlbi.com/tv/time-intelligence-in-microsoft-power-bi/
Best
D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quTwyvDfG0
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78d6mwR8GtA&t=1247s
Here's material on time-intel:
https://www.sqlbi.com/tv/time-intelligence-in-microsoft-power-bi/
Best
D