Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Next up in the FabCon + SQLCon recap series: The roadmap for Microsoft SQL and Maximizing Developer experiences in Fabric. All sessions are available on-demand after the live show. Register now

Reply
Composed_MS
Helper I
Helper I

Confusion in Connection between tables

I have three tables -> 

1 Data_country

2 Customers

3 Ratings

 

Composed_MS_0-1679841316690.png

 

Now I have two cases-> 

Case 1->

If I do not put any connection between them and then in one table visual I put country column from Data_country table and customer column from Customers table, then it gives me error "Couldn't find relationship between tables", I don't have any problem with this as I understand that Power BI can't find the relationship between them.

 

Composed_MS_1-1679841450961.png

Composed_MS_2-1679841540639.png

 

Case 2-> If I create two connections 
1) Data_country table and Ratings table 
2) Customer table and Ratings table
As shown below and then do the same thing of putting Country from Data_country table and Customer from Customers table in Table visual, I get the values.

Composed_MS_3-1679841940342.png

 

Composed_MS_5-1679841985079.png

 

 

I am not able to undertand that how I am getting the values as my connection is "Single Cross filtered" between Country table and Ratings as well as Customer table and Ratings, so my Data_Country table should not be filtered and similarly Customer table should not be filtered then how is it getting the connection between Data_Country table and Customer table. I think it should still not find any connection.

Please help in removing this confusion.

 

 

 

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Composed_MS , Power bi does, That. I have taken this query from the performance analyzer, for similar two tables - only joined with fact. Check query power bi is running

 

Common fact count is added

// DAX Query
DEFINE
VAR __DS0Core =
SELECTCOLUMNS(
KEEPFILTERS(
FILTER(
KEEPFILTERS(
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS('Item'[Brand], 'Geography'[State], "CountRowsSales", CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Sales')))
),
OR(
NOT(ISBLANK('Item'[Brand])),
NOT(ISBLANK('Geography'[State]))
)
)
),
"'Item'[Brand]", 'Item'[Brand],
"'Geography'[State]", 'Geography'[State]
)

VAR __DS0PrimaryWindowed =
TOPN(501, __DS0Core, 'Item'[Brand], 1, 'Geography'[State], 1)

EVALUATE
__DS0PrimaryWindowed

ORDER BY
'Item'[Brand], 'Geography'[State]

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Composed_MS , Power bi does, That. I have taken this query from the performance analyzer, for similar two tables - only joined with fact. Check query power bi is running

 

Common fact count is added

// DAX Query
DEFINE
VAR __DS0Core =
SELECTCOLUMNS(
KEEPFILTERS(
FILTER(
KEEPFILTERS(
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS('Item'[Brand], 'Geography'[State], "CountRowsSales", CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Sales')))
),
OR(
NOT(ISBLANK('Item'[Brand])),
NOT(ISBLANK('Geography'[State]))
)
)
),
"'Item'[Brand]", 'Item'[Brand],
"'Geography'[State]", 'Geography'[State]
)

VAR __DS0PrimaryWindowed =
TOPN(501, __DS0Core, 'Item'[Brand], 1, 'Geography'[State], 1)

EVALUATE
__DS0PrimaryWindowed

ORDER BY
'Item'[Brand], 'Geography'[State]

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

Helpful resources

Announcements
New to Fabric survey Carousel

New to Fabric Survey

If you have recently started exploring Fabric, we'd love to hear how it's going. Your feedback can help with product improvements.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.