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RT6
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Related in Direct Query Mode

Hello! 

 

I am trying to do basic calculation Related in the Direct Query mode:

 

Sales Amount = RELATED('product'[Unit_Price]) * sales_streaming[Units]

 

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and i get the following error:

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Is there any work around to perform the calculation between two tables in the direct query mode?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @RT6 

Did you use conditional formatting for your fields when your connection mode is Import ? 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao
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Anonymous
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Hi @RT6 

This error is thrown when some aggregation (in this case the count) is been translated to M for execution, so it's not really SQL yet . You can check your query in Power Query Editor to see whether some queries affect your operation . 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao
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RT6
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What i also found in this paper, Related should be supported in DAX:

https://www.sqlbi.com/whitepapers/directquery-in-analysis-services-2016/RT6_1-1669883934078.png

 

RT6
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Hi Alisa!

 

Thanks fro your answer.

The issue is after any transformation in Power Query, like split columns, change data type etc i get the following error:

 

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I need to maintain Direct Query connection. I can aggregate two tables for example, but i cannot change data type even in PB Desktop, so i cannot perform any calculations.

 

Any ideas? Thanks!

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