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Anonymous
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Circular Dependency

When I tried to remove/delete a table from the model that I had build, I am getting the below error:

 

Failed to save modifications to the server. Error returned: 'A circular dependency was detected: ABCD[a_data], ABCD[b_data], ABCD[a_data].

 

Can anyone help me or guide me on how to reoslve this issue.

 

Regards

KR

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v-lionel-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Whenever two objects refer to each other, a circular dependency is detected so that Power BI cannot handle the object.

 

When you delete a table from the model, do the remaining tables form a closed-loop relationship? If this is the case, this error may also be reported because Power BI does not allow closed-loop relationships.

Or ABCD[a_data] and ABCD[b_data] are calculated columns and refer to each other?

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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lbendlin
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Super User

Are you able to remove the ABCD[b_data] column and save the changes?

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