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patfee
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DAX Union with Measure Column

Table_1 contains Name, Description and Date

Table_2 contains Name, Description

 

in Table_2 i add the Date column by using measure column. The Date is based on a slicer value

 

When i then use DAX to Union both Table_1 and 2 i get an error as the tables are not equal.

 

in other words, the Date in Table_2, created by a measure, is not seen as a "real" column

 

How can i solve this please?

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Anonymous
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Hey @Anonymous 

 

I have a similar issue, did you figure how to make the table to refresh on slicer changes?

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Reflecting-slicers-from-GUI-in-a-table-of-mea...

 

KS

TomMartens
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Hey @Anonymous , if you want to have this table appear in the fields pane, the simple answer is: no.

 

You can use this table as a virtual table  inside other measures as input for calculation though.

 

Regards,

Tom



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TomMartens
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Hey,

 

this DAX statement creates a table:

Table = 
UNION(
    Table1
    ,ADDCOLUMNS(
        SUMMARIZE('Table2'
            ,Table2[ID]
            ,Table2[thisorthat]
        )
        ,"amount", [amount]
    )
)

there is a measure "[amount]" this is added as a column using the function ADDCOLUMNS(...)

 

But you have to be aware, that tables (outside of a measure) that are based on a DAX statement will only be re-calculated on data refresh and not if a query is issued, e.g. if a slicer is changed.

 

Regards,

Tom 

 



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Anonymous
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Hey Tom,

Is there anyway to make the table responsive to slicers?

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