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Anonymous
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Multiple active Relationships

I have three tables (Price Book, Quotes, Sales) with the following columns -- Part Number, Customer, and Rep.  I then created two additional tables -- Master Part Number and Master Customer with the following equations.

 

Master Part Number = DISTINCT(UNION(SELECTCOLUMNS('Price Book',"Part",[Part Number]),SELECTCOLUMNS(Quotes,"Part",[Part Number]),SELECTCOLUMNS(Sales,"Part",[Part Number])))
 
Master Customer = DISTINCT(UNION(SELECTCOLUMNS('Price Book',"Customer Name",[Customer]),SELECTCOLUMNS(Quotes,"Customer Name",[Customer]),SELECTCOLUMNS(Sales,"Customer Name",[Customer])))
 
When I  created the relationships between Master Part Number and the three other tables, everything works great.  I can create a page wide filter, and data is shown from all three tables correctly.
part search.jpg
However, when I add the relationships between the Master Customer and the three other tables and try make it active, I get the following message
ambiguity.jpg
and my data looks like this:
customer search.jpg
 
Is there a way to have both relationships active?  I need the page to be able to sort by either customer or part number.
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Greg_Deckler
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You relationships should look like the following (note the arrows)

 

Master Product 1 -> * Fact * <- 1 Master Customer



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Greg_Deckler
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You relationships should look like the following (note the arrows)

 

Master Product 1 -> * Fact * <- 1 Master Customer



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Anonymous
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Thank you.  I didn't notice that two of the arrows were the wrong way.

@Anonymous or share relationship diagram and where it is failing.



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