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Phil_Seamark
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

Problem importing MDX from SSAS cube

Downloaded the May update of Power BI Desktop this morning and it seems I can no longer import custom MDX code as a data source.   If I paste in a simple MDX statement in the "MDX or DAX (optional)...
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Phil_Seamark
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

The work around I am using in the meantime is to edit the M code directly using the advanced editor in the Power Query editor. 

 

Hopefully they update the product soon.

 

If you revert to the April version of Power BI, it won't open any PBIX file that has been saved using the May version.

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ksnayadi
Regular Visitor
10 years ago

Thank you, I will try that. How did you revert to the previous version of the Desktop?

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    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee
    10 years ago

    I still had the installer in my download folder from when I downloaded it.  Keeping them from now on just in case I need to roll back for other reasons. :)

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        Phil_Seamark
        Microsoft Employee
        10 years ago

        I thought ideas were for feature requests rather than reporting/managing bug fixes.