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I had previously been loading a small subset of data into my model to carry out calculations. I could refresh the data without any issues. Upon bringing in a larger subset of the data into the model I get the following error:
I found the column with the corresponding code and commented it out, but received the same error. I then deleted the column entirely, and yet I still get this error when attempting to load the data. Why is this happening?
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yes, your DAX code is likely missing a VAR statement. Please post the full code.
yes, your DAX code is likely missing a VAR statement. Please post the full code.
It turns out there was a measure floating around within the same table that contained similar code as my calculated column. I must have started to create it on accident as a measure and never removed it after the column was created. I'm still not sure why it didn't present a problem with previous data refreshes. Here is the code, it looks like I just removed the name at some point leaving a rouge return statement:
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