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Anonymous
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New table using variable and custom columns

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create a new table using a viariable (easy part) with custom columns (tough part)

 

1st step, create a calendar table, it works fine :

a_calendrier_global =
    VAR _mon_calendrier_ =
            CALENDAR(FIRSTDATE(t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date])
                    ;LASTDATE(t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date]))
 
RETURN
        _mon_calendrier_


2nd step, I know want to add a custom column, so I tried :

a_calendrier_global =
    VAR _mon_calendrier_ =
            CALENDAR(FIRSTDATE(t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date])
                    ;LASTDATE(t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date]))

RETURN
        SELECTCOLUMNS(
            _mon_calendrier_
            ; "date"; [Date]
            ; "test"; "Hello world !"
        )

but it really doesn't works, I'm having an error (in english something like La colonne "date" dans la table "a_calendrier_global" continent des liaisons non valides), I also even tried by using SUMMARIZE(_mon_calendrier;[Date]), same result

What have I missed or missunderstood ?

Thanks for yoru time.

 

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v-lid-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

 

Sorry for that, but we cannot reproduce this issue on my side with your shared DAX code,

We created a sample “t_intervention” table, and then create two calculated tables with your code,  we got the  result as following,

 

31.png32.png

 

 

We can also use ADDCOLUMNS function to add a column to tables, such as following:

a_calendrier_global =
VAR _mon_calendrier_ =
    CALENDAR (
        FIRSTDATE ( t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date] );
        LASTDATE ( t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date] )
    )
RETURN
ADDCOLUMNS ( _mon_calendrier_; "test"; "Hello world !" )

 

 

Could you please reproduce this issue with the latest version of Power BI Desktop ?  If  it does not contain any confidential information, could you please provided  a screenshot which contains error information.

 

BTW, pbix as attached.


Best regards,

 

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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-lid-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

 

Sorry for that, but we cannot reproduce this issue on my side with your shared DAX code,

We created a sample “t_intervention” table, and then create two calculated tables with your code,  we got the  result as following,

 

31.png32.png

 

 

We can also use ADDCOLUMNS function to add a column to tables, such as following:

a_calendrier_global =
VAR _mon_calendrier_ =
    CALENDAR (
        FIRSTDATE ( t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date] );
        LASTDATE ( t_intervention[int_date_programmation].[Date] )
    )
RETURN
ADDCOLUMNS ( _mon_calendrier_; "test"; "Hello world !" )

 

 

Could you please reproduce this issue with the latest version of Power BI Desktop ?  If  it does not contain any confidential information, could you please provided  a screenshot which contains error information.

 

BTW, pbix as attached.


Best regards,

 

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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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It now works... I don't know what happened, sorry for the post...
But thanks for your time !

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