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actzikas
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Auto Reference Table in Measure

With the new update to Power Bi, when I go to create a measure, the formula is no longer auto referencing tables available to me. See screenshot. I believe there was a setting to turn this on.

 

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Greg_Deckler
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Try using a single quote ( ' )

 

And I don't see that problem. Your issue I believe is that you need to start with an aggregation before referencing a table/column because you are creating a measure.

 



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amitchandak
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Use an aggregate function like maxx, minx, sumx, sum, min , count etc and check

 

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Greg_Deckler
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Try using a single quote ( ' )

 

And I don't see that problem. Your issue I believe is that you need to start with an aggregation before referencing a table/column because you are creating a measure.

 



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