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DAX Table Joins
- 9 years ago
So, if importing from SQL to Power BI Desktop, you can use the SQL Server connector and on the pop-up screen you will see down at the bottom, "Advanced options". Expand that and you can paste in your SQL statement.
- 9 years ago
So, I'm not sure that this is really a DAX-type question. I think you need to start thinking in terms of visuals rather than just data manipulation (SQL queries). For example, if we look at your query:
SELECT * FROM A INNER JOIN T ON A.Id = T.A_Id INNER JOIN P ON (((A.TerminationDate <= P.EndDate) AND (T.Status = 1 or T.Status = 2)) OR (T.P_Id = P.Id))
Now, I do not have your data or specific information what you are trying to accomplish but ,to me, this means that you have 3 tables, A, T and P. They are related to one another via an "Id" field in each. So, in Power BI you would import the tables independently and then create a relationship between the tables on the "Id" fields. You could then create a column or measure to check if A[TerminationDate] is less than or equal to P[EndDate]. The you could create a table visualization with all of the columns from A in it and then filter the visualization to your column/measure that you created and a T[Status] of either 1 or 2.
So, I'm not sure that this is really a DAX-type question. I think you need to start thinking in terms of visuals rather than just data manipulation (SQL queries). For example, if we look at your query:
SELECT * FROM A INNER JOIN T ON A.Id = T.A_Id INNER JOIN P ON (((A.TerminationDate <= P.EndDate) AND (T.Status = 1 or T.Status = 2)) OR (T.P_Id = P.Id))
Now, I do not have your data or specific information what you are trying to accomplish but ,to me, this means that you have 3 tables, A, T and P. They are related to one another via an "Id" field in each. So, in Power BI you would import the tables independently and then create a relationship between the tables on the "Id" fields. You could then create a column or measure to check if A[TerminationDate] is less than or equal to P[EndDate]. The you could create a table visualization with all of the columns from A in it and then filter the visualization to your column/measure that you created and a T[Status] of either 1 or 2.
Hello Greg_Deckler
That too worked for me! 😊
I should have break the steps as you have mentioned. I was trying to write s single query in DAX same as I wrote in SQL with FILTER/ RELATED /AND/ OR which was very complex and confusing to execute.
My visualizations are simple tabular report where I am getting detailed data by filtering employee payroll category by year and payroll schedule. I imported a table view using advance query in my existing data model only for this report and connected this view with table A on "Id" filed for further relational visualizations.
Appreciate your help.
Thank You.
- Greg_Deckler9 years agoCommunity Champion
Happy to help. Power BI definitely forces you to have to switch gears in terms of how you approach an issue sometimes!!