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julsr
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PowerBI doesn't activate relationships

Hello,

I have two tables, TableA and TableB which are related by logo_concat. This is a calculated measure and they contain common information. However, I can't activate the relationship, and it doesn't give me any error. It simply doesn't do anything and doesn't create redundant paths to similar tables. What could be wrong, and how can I solve it?

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Thank you both! The issue was that on the PowerBI desktop, there was not showing an error when creating the relationship or trying to activate it but in PowerBI online it does show the error and the error was redundancy on the relationships. I fixed that and it's working. THanks! 

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Anonymous
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HI @julsr ,

Any update on this? Can you please share some more detail information about this? 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Thank you both! The issue was that on the PowerBI desktop, there was not showing an error when creating the relationship or trying to activate it but in PowerBI online it does show the error and the error was redundancy on the relationships. I fixed that and it's working. THanks! 

Anonymous
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Hi @julsr ,

Can you please share a pbix or some dummy data that keep the raw data structure with expected results? It should help us clarify your scenario and test to coding formula.

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Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Deku
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it looks like it possible that the bidirectional relationship A<->B might be ambigious. Since there is a 1:many coming out of table B and ?:many entering table A 

 

Please see this SQLBI article


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