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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Measure description in Direct Query

Hi, when using Visual Studio Tabular model, you can add description to every measure. This allows the end user to easily understand what each measure does and give any additional information you wan...
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  • Icey's avatar
    Icey
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    For SSAS, one of the connection types is called "LiveConnect".

    Then, hope this post can help you: SSAS Measures definition will not appear in Power BI.

     

    Best Regards,

    Icey

     

    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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poddubnyoi
Advocate I
6 years ago

Hello, 

if i correct understand your question.

In measure code you need to add something like this in a row: 

1. Measure Name = 

2. -- your description

3. Formula

4. -- your description 

 

Looks like this: 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    Thank you for your reply.

    This is a remark, that the user can see if they actually go ino the measure code.

     

    I am looking for a description like this, available in Visual Studio and when not using Dirct Query:

     

    • poddubnyoi's avatar
      poddubnyoi
      Advocate I
      6 years ago

      1. Need to switch to Model mode and open second column from right "Properties" and fill with text Description field, than switch back to report list.

      2. This will look like this

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        6 years ago

        Thank you, but I'm asking about working in Direct Query mode.

        In this mode, there is no "Model" tab.