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mahawkins3
Helper I
8 years ago
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Cannot create relationships - Power BI finding duplicates that do not exist

Hi all,

 

I am trying to create a relationship between two tables.

 

Table 1 ('CLTV') contains all transactions, including the User_ID for the customer making each transaction.

 

Table 2 is a calculated table created using DISTINCT(CLTV[User_ID]), so by definition each item in that table must be distinct.

 

Firstly, when I try creating a relationship in the Relationships page by dragging and dropping, Power BI crashes (the "SQLDUMPER.EXE" issue that has been raised elsewhere).

However, when I try creating a relationship between the two tables using the "Manage Relationships" button on the ribbon as advised in the thread above (with User_ID as the relationship column in both tables), it gives me the following error:

 

This makes no sense to me - as I mentioned above, I used the DISTINCT function to create the column in Table 2 that I am using for the relationship, so there is no way that the column in Table 2 does not have unique values. I also tried using VALUES, which didn't work either.

 

I have created relationships in the past using exactly the same logic and have never had a problem - has anybody else come across this error?

 

Thanks

3 Replies

  • WolfBiber's avatar
    WolfBiber
    Microsoft Employee

    Hey,

    look if you have (Null) value and maybe an empty value '' in your table. As far I can remember both are treated equal for an relationship. So you have to filter them out

  • v-chuncz-msft's avatar
    v-chuncz-msft
    Community Support

    mahawkins3,

     

    You may use the formula below.

    Table =
    FILTER ( DISTINCT ( CLTV[User_ID] ), NOT ( ISBLANK ( CLTV[User_ID] ) ) )