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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Organizing measures when using a shared dataset

Hello everyone,

 

I'm currently using a published Power BI dataset to create many reports. This dataset contains a measures empty table.

 

In the reports using the Power BI dataset, I create the measures needed and place them into the empty measures table. The problem is that some of these reports contains sometimes 30+ measures so it becomes really ugly and unorganized.

 

Inside these reports, I'd like to be able to organize the new measures by grouping/creating folders. Unfortunately, this is only possible when modifying the dataset pbix file.

 

Does anyone know a way around it? Is this already a published Idea that we can upvote (I couldn't find any)?

 

Thanks for the help,

Lucas

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ，

    Sorry that I missed this important information: connect to a shared dataset. Since it connect to a shared dataset, it will be a live connection mode. And only report-level measures can be created, no calculated column and table can be created. Therefore, there is no way to create another measure table or folder...

    Best Regards

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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
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    5 years ago

    Anonymous , If I got it correctly, You can create subfolder. But for that, you need to have access to the model view.

     

    In the model view, you can select a few measures and under properties, you can give a subfolder name.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9oDIL8nbu0

     

    But in live dataset, you might not get this view, check on right click in field in data or report view

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      5 years ago

      Hi amitchandak , I do have access to the model view but I'm not able to create folders or place measures into folders :

       

      We can see that the Display folder is grayed out.

       

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        4 years ago

        live report doesnt allow to create a folder for local measures. This is kinda trash from Microsof along with not creating calculated columns or groups

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous ,
      As I explained in the post, none of this is possible when using a shared Power BI dataset.

       

      Best regards,

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        5 years ago

        Hi Anonymous ，

        Sorry that I missed this important information: connect to a shared dataset. Since it connect to a shared dataset, it will be a live connection mode. And only report-level measures can be created, no calculated column and table can be created. Therefore, there is no way to create another measure table or folder...

        Best Regards