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9 years ago
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A SQL DB to Power BI join/relationship question.

Hi, I am building a report with data from a SQL Server DB. The SQL DB does have relationships configured, however a lot of the joining tables are empty, therefore these configured relationships will...
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    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    When we load two or more tables at the same time, Power BI desktop will looks at column names in the tables we are querying to determine if there are any potential relationships. If there are, those relationships are created automatically.

     

    So in your scenario, if the relationships told by SQL DBA is the same as Power BI detect, then you needn't to modify them. While the logic is different, you can mange relationships follow this article based on your needs. See: Create and manage relationships in Power BI Desktop.

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

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9 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

 

When we load two or more tables at the same time, Power BI desktop will looks at column names in the tables we are querying to determine if there are any potential relationships. If there are, those relationships are created automatically.

 

So in your scenario, if the relationships told by SQL DBA is the same as Power BI detect, then you needn't to modify them. While the logic is different, you can mange relationships follow this article based on your needs. See: Create and manage relationships in Power BI Desktop.

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu