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Anonymous
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Love Connection and Conditional Formatting

Hi Experts

 

i have a question arond live connection. as the measure are in sql syntex and when you use them in Power BI. Power BI stops you from using conditional formatting in charts. Unless i am missing something.

 

Will bring the measure into Power BI Desktop resolves this issues. and also second question....

 

can the external data on the main ribbon be switched on if you have a live connection vai SQL or Azure?

 

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v-danhe-msft
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Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

For the first issue, based on my test, it could work on my side(I am using ssas with tabular):

1.PNG

Could you please tell me what kind of data source you are using?

 

For the second issue:

Based on my research, I am afraid you could not switch on the external data, you could vote for this idea:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/18556393-support-switching-ssas-connect-model-from-connect

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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-danhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

Could you please tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, could you please mark the helpful replies as Answered?

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Solved daniel

v-danhe-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

For the first issue, based on my test, it could work on my side(I am using ssas with tabular):

1.PNG

Could you please tell me what kind of data source you are using?

 

For the second issue:

Based on my research, I am afraid you could not switch on the external data, you could vote for this idea:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/18556393-support-switching-ssas-connect-model-from-connect

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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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