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Coolpearl
Regular Visitor

Cannot export data from expected dataset in relationship situation

I have setup relationship between 2 datasets. it is many to one type. 
when I export data, I want to export from dataset that has 'many' records, but power bi is exporting from dataset that has 'one' record. Relationship is based on concatenation of 2 columns in each dataset, "flag+employee_id". 
please advise how can I tell power bi to export from "many" dataset. Thank you.

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Akash_Varuna
Super User
Super User

Hi @Coolpearl Could you try these please 

  • Use Fields Only from the "Many" Dataset: Ensure your visual includes columns from the "many" dataset, not the "one" dataset.

  • Create a Merged Table: Use Power Query or DAX to merge the "many" and "one" datasets into a single table and use it for your visual.

  • Export Underlying Data: Choose the "Underlying data" export option to ensure raw data from the "many" side is included.

  • Adjust Relationships: Verify your concatenation key (flag + employee_id) is correctly set up and unique on the "one" side.
    Another way would be to create a calculated table in DAX and use that in a vsiual and export that something like this

 

ExportTable = 
SELECTCOLUMNS(
    FILTER(
        RELATEDTABLE('ManyDataset'),
        'ManyDataset'[Condition] = TRUE
    ),
    "Employee ID", 'ManyDataset'[EmployeeID],
    "Flag", 'ManyDataset'[Flag],
    "Other Field", 'ManyDataset'[OtherField]
)

 

If this post helped please do give a kudos and accept this as a solution
Thanks In Advance

 

 

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Akash_Varuna
Super User
Super User

Hi @Coolpearl Could you try these please 

  • Use Fields Only from the "Many" Dataset: Ensure your visual includes columns from the "many" dataset, not the "one" dataset.

  • Create a Merged Table: Use Power Query or DAX to merge the "many" and "one" datasets into a single table and use it for your visual.

  • Export Underlying Data: Choose the "Underlying data" export option to ensure raw data from the "many" side is included.

  • Adjust Relationships: Verify your concatenation key (flag + employee_id) is correctly set up and unique on the "one" side.
    Another way would be to create a calculated table in DAX and use that in a vsiual and export that something like this

 

ExportTable = 
SELECTCOLUMNS(
    FILTER(
        RELATEDTABLE('ManyDataset'),
        'ManyDataset'[Condition] = TRUE
    ),
    "Employee ID", 'ManyDataset'[EmployeeID],
    "Flag", 'ManyDataset'[Flag],
    "Other Field", 'ManyDataset'[OtherField]
)

 

If this post helped please do give a kudos and accept this as a solution
Thanks In Advance

 

 

Thank you.  It's huge dataset so I can't merge tables.  User has agreed not to export data so my issue is as of now I will not need to work on it but I'll use this approach in future and see how it goes

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