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Hello!
I am trying to do basic calculation Related in the Direct Query mode:
Sales Amount = RELATED('product'[Unit_Price]) * sales_streaming[Units]
and i get the following error:
Is there any work around to perform the calculation between two tables in the direct query mode?
Thanks!
Hi @RT6
Did you use conditional formatting for your fields when your connection mode is Import ?
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Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao
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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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What i also found in this paper, Related should be supported in DAX:
https://www.sqlbi.com/whitepapers/directquery-in-analysis-services-2016/
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:
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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