Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Calling all Data Engineers! Fabric Data Engineer (Exam DP-700) live sessions are back! Starting October 16th. Sign up.

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Power BI relationships across common fields after pivoting columns

In Power BI, the data is formatted so that category X is the name of the column but I needed to the category name to be part of the legend so I pivoted the column after duplicating that table.

 

In my visual, I needed a total revenue slicer that slices across charts using the original table and the duplicated table.

 

I tried connecting the revenue amounts (this was not one of the columns pivoted) between the table but this is where it got funky because of the pivoting. It's a many to many cardinality and a single cross functional direction and is not active.

 

Any suggestions on how to move forward?

1 REPLY 1
mickey64
Super User
Super User

Generally, the solution is to create a new table using the SUMMARIZE function and add 2 relationships.

 

Step 1: I make a summarize table 'category X_Index' in 'Table view'.

    category X_Index = SUMMARIZE('DATA_Table','DATA_Table'[category X])

 

Step 2: I add 2 relationships in 'Model view'.

    'DATA_Table'<---'category X_Index'--->'pivoted DATA_Table'

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
FabCon Global Hackathon Carousel

FabCon Global Hackathon

Join the Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon—running virtually through Nov 3. Open to all skill levels. $10,000 in prizes!

September Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - September 2025

Check out the September 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.

Top Solution Authors
Top Kudoed Authors