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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Column does not exist or does not have relationship

I have 3 tables, 2 reference table and 1 fact table.

 

My goal is to get the ITEM_COST in the Reference 2 into the Fact 1 using the link that connects to Reference 1 because Reference 2 and Fact 1 does not have common field.

 

 

But i am having error "The column 'Reference 2'[ITEM_COST]' either doesn't exist or doesn't have a relationship to any table available in the current context."

 

Column = IF(RELATED(Reference 1[ORG] = "ABC"),RELATED(Reference 2[ITEM_COST])*RELATED(Reference 1[QUANTITY_RATE])
 
How do i make it work?
 
 
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Anonymous don't take me wrong, it is a very poor model, first, related wouldn't work if you have many to many relationships. You have to prepare/transform your data to create one to many relationships between your fact and dimension table and then it should be easier.

     

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  • v-yalanwu-msft's avatar
    v-yalanwu-msft
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi， Anonymous ;

    I am not very clear about the data in your table and the results you want to output. Based on my understanding, you can create a virtual table as follows：

    1.original data.

    2.create a new table.

    Fact = GENERATE(FILTER('Reference1',[ORG]="ABC"),FILTER('Reference 2',[ITEM_COST]="ABC"))

    3.then create a coulmn.

    Column = [QUANTITY_RATE]*[item]

    The final output is shown below:

    If it is not correct, can you share pbix or screenshots whitout any sesentive information and the results you want to output？

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.