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Calculation groups and Implicit measures
I'm implementing calcualtion groups in a PBIX model, using tabular editor, to handle time intelligence etc. which is great - saves a lot of time.
But... as calc groups doesn't work with implicit measures, tabular editor forces "Discourage Implicit Measures = true" effectively removing the option.
Is it possible to renable implicit measures despite using calculation groups?
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Jarrgh , my suggestion would be not to use implicit measures
amitchandak thank you for the reply - it's not realy a solution though.
I'm aware that implicit measures are not best practice - but they are great for testing without cluttering the datamodel with useless measures.
Are you saying it's completely impossible to reenable implicit measures while using calculation groups?
Replying 3 years later...still the case unfortunately. Here is an article confirming:
https://smootherconsulting.com/learn/power-bi-calculation-groups-and-implicit-measures
Hi Jarrgh ,
Check a similar thread below:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Tabular-Editor-Calculation-groups/td-p/1283596
Best Regards,
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Hi Kelly
Thank you for the link - it doesn't excatly cover my question, but i'm afraid i haven't been clear enough.
It is clear that tabular editor forces the setting "Discourage Implicit Measures = true", when a model uses calculation groups(CGs), this effectively disables creation of new implicit measures.
The documentation states that CGs are incompatible with implicit measures, but actually Implicit measures work just fine, they are just uaffected by CGs (which ofcourse is important to be aware of)
My question is if it is in any way possible to overrule tabular editor, and reenable implict measures while having CGs
Hi Jarrgh ,
Have you tried to modify it in Tabular editor?
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