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CJenner
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11 years ago
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Combo chart with a Cube

I have a cube that does an overall overage for a combo chart. The cube works, but when I put those same measures into the Power BI tool, it doesn't work. First, does the power bi desktop tool underst...
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    WillT
    11 years ago
    Hi - currently the Power BI Desktop only supports importing data from SSAS Cubes, so be aware that you're importing the detail data and when it's aggregated the calculations might give you different results. We're working on direct connections to SSAS Cubes so you can use calculations like averages in combo charts etc. - it'll come in a future release.
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WillT
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11 years ago
Hi - currently the Power BI Desktop only supports importing data from SSAS Cubes, so be aware that you're importing the detail data and when it's aggregated the calculations might give you different results. We're working on direct connections to SSAS Cubes so you can use calculations like averages in combo charts etc. - it'll come in a future release.
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CJenner
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11 years ago

Thanks for the update, it is definitely a limitation so I hope that fix is in a future release in the very near future. 

 

Regards.