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SAP4026
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Reusing measures in different tables

Hi,

 

I’m a new BI user and this is my second post. I have 10 tables total (see the breakdown below) and have provided the tables with active relationships. My question: what do I need to so that the measures found in tables E-G can be used by other tables, specifically by tables A-D when I build my visualizations? Is it possible to extract the measures found in tables E-G to create a new table and this new will have an active relationship with tables A-D? I cannot make any of the current relationships inactive. Thank you in advance for any guidance/assistance provided.

 

Table A – active relationship with Table E via ID

Table B – active relationship with Table E via ID

Table C – active relationship with Table E via ID

Table D – active relationship with Table E via Name

 

Table E – active relationship with Table C via ID and with Table G via Name (Table E has a max date formula, a conditional column, and a measure)

Table F – active relationship with Table B via Name (Table F has a max date formula, a conditional column, and a measure)

Table G – table has a max date formula, a conditional column, and a measure

 

Table H – active relationship with Table G via ID

Table I - active relationship with Table G via ID

Table J - active relationship with Table G via ID

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some_bih
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Hi @SAP4026 welcome to Power BI world. Reuse of measure is all about it - that is crutial: reusage for different tables.

How to create measures in Power BI you could find here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-tutorial-create-measures 

There is also special function in DAX USERELATIONSHIP for case there is inactive relationship

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/userelationship-function-dax 

I hope this help





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some_bih
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Hi @SAP4026 welcome to Power BI world. Reuse of measure is all about it - that is crutial: reusage for different tables.

How to create measures in Power BI you could find here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-tutorial-create-measures 

There is also special function in DAX USERELATIONSHIP for case there is inactive relationship

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/userelationship-function-dax 

I hope this help





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