I cannot name a table "Measures", throws error, is it a reserved name?

[FabioBeka]

I'm trying to load some tables from SQL Server, one of these is a measures table, and it should be named accordingly as "Measures", but PBI throws me the following error:

The name of the object "Table" cannot be the reserved string "Measures"

What does this mean? Is "Measures" a system name that can't be used for naming tables? Is it a bug? Or did I break something?

Please help me!

[v-yangliu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi  @FabioBeka ,

Measure is equivalent to a special mark of this power bi. If the table named as measure is loaded in, it will conflict with the default setting.

For example, there is a Sum function in the Dax function, so when we use Var, we cannot use Sum to name.

You can add a prefix symbol or letter in front of "Measure" and it can be used normally.

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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[amitchandak]

@FabioBeka , Yes, I think table name can not be measures. It can be measure or KPI. It seem like a reserved word