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Anonymous
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How to connect hierarchy dimension table with fact table

Hi,

 

I have a dimension table shown below which is in the hierarchy form and I want to create the relationship between diemnsion table and a fact table. The fact table has column 'object_oh_name3_lvl4' which is a common column in both the tables.  The problem is that this column is not unique in the dimension table beacuse of which I am unable to create the relationship. I want to drill down the measure in the fact table from the top level of the hierarchy to the lowest level.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Dimension table with 4 hierarchy levels (lvl_1, lvl_2,lvl_3,lvl_4)-
Dimension table with 4  hierarchy levelsDimension table with 4 hierarchy levels

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TomMartens
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Hey,

 

the data model inside Power BI does not support recursive dimension structures (e.g. Parent / Child dimensions). For this you have model your dimension in another way.

 

This article describes this in a very concise way: https://www.daxpatterns.com/parent-child-hierarchies/

 

Hopefully this provides what you are looking for.

 

Regards,

Tom



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