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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

     

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poddubnyoi
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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

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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.

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    Icey
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    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    It is in Relationship View.

     

    Best Regards,

    Icey

     

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    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      Thank you Icey .
      However Relationship view is also unavailable in Direct Query from Analysis Services.

      • Icey's avatar
        Icey
        Community Support
        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.