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Anonymous
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How to make to active many relationship in power bi desktop

i am trying to make active relationship but i am unable to make  many to many relationship  .please refere screen shot 

 

THENNA_41_0-1628857635951.png

 

i am getting below  error screen while trying to make two active relationship 

 

THENNA_41_1-1628857710369.png

 

any idea how to make  active two relationship  ?

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Mohammad_Refaei
Solution Specialist
Solution Specialist

This is not an error... it is a warning.

If you want to proceed with the relationship activation just check the box

m_refaei_0-1628874359255.png

P.S. Be careful of the bidirectional relationships

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v-luwang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi  @Anonymous ,

The many-to-many relationship causes tons of issues, and that is why it is called a weak relationship too. Most of the time, it can be resolved with creating a shared dimension and creating one-to-many relationships from the shared dimension to the fact tables. AVOID this type of relationship in your model.

sample:

before:

vluwangmsft_0-1629098462717.png

turn to:

vluwangmsft_1-1629098481229.png

 

To learn more details,refer:

https://radacad.com/many-to-one-or-many-to-many-the-cardinality-of-power-bi-relationship-demystified 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Unique-values-from-two-columns/m-p/468317#M217488 

 

Wish it is helpful for you!

Best Regards

Lucien

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v-luwang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi  @Anonymous ,

The many-to-many relationship causes tons of issues, and that is why it is called a weak relationship too. Most of the time, it can be resolved with creating a shared dimension and creating one-to-many relationships from the shared dimension to the fact tables. AVOID this type of relationship in your model.

sample:

before:

vluwangmsft_0-1629098462717.png

turn to:

vluwangmsft_1-1629098481229.png

 

To learn more details,refer:

https://radacad.com/many-to-one-or-many-to-many-the-cardinality-of-power-bi-relationship-demystified 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Unique-values-from-two-columns/m-p/468317#M217488 

 

Wish it is helpful for you!

Best Regards

Lucien

Mohammad_Refaei
Solution Specialist
Solution Specialist

This is not an error... it is a warning.

If you want to proceed with the relationship activation just check the box

m_refaei_0-1628874359255.png

P.S. Be careful of the bidirectional relationships

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