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Worstkees
Frequent Visitor

DAX - circular dependency

Hi,

 

I keep running into: A circular dependency was detected: Consumer[Companyname], Consumer[Companynameknown], Consumer[Companyname].

 

Here is a simplified view of the tables used (with the Companynameknown as desired column).

 

Companytable:

companyID

CompanyName

 

 

1

Aaa

 

 

2

Bbb

 

 

3

 

 

 

4

Ccc

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

7

ddd

 

 

 

Consumer table

Companyid

Companyname

Consumerid

Companynameknown

 

24

Abc

544

Yes

 

44

 

545

No

 

69

Bcd

546

Yes

 

178

Dff

547

Yes

 

244

Etc

548

Yes

 

 

Where in the Consumer table:

Companyname = LOOKUPVALUE(Companytable[CompanyName],Company[companyID],[companyid])

 

I tried to get the Companynameknown based upon the content of the Consumer[companyname] column ->

Companynameknown= if(Consumer[Companyname]<>blank(),"yes","no").

Based upon articles in the forum I tried to achieve this with e.g. measures, with allselected, etc. etc. but keep running into the same error message. For me it is not an option to remove the relationship between the tables.

 

All suggestions are welcome!

 

Thanks in advance
(worst)Kees

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v-kkf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Worstkees ,

 

Since you have established a relationship between Consumer table and Companytable, please try using the RELATED function.

 

Companyname = 
RELATED ( Companytable[CompanyName] )
Companynameknown = 
IF ( [Companyname] = BLANK (), "yes", "no" )

vkkfmsft_1-1652420988987.png

vkkfmsft_0-1652420965866.png

 

If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Winniz
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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v-kkf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Worstkees ,

 

Since you have established a relationship between Consumer table and Companytable, please try using the RELATED function.

 

Companyname = 
RELATED ( Companytable[CompanyName] )
Companynameknown = 
IF ( [Companyname] = BLANK (), "yes", "no" )

vkkfmsft_1-1652420988987.png

vkkfmsft_0-1652420965866.png

 

If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Winniz
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Worstkees , if Companyname is in Consumer table as column

this should work as a new column

 

Companynameknown= if(isblank(Consumer[Companyname]),"yes","no")

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Thanks @amitchandak ,
Unfortunately this still gives me the same error:

Worstkees_0-1652210868018.png
All suggestions are welcome!

Thanks,
(worst)Kees

 

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