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rodriguma
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Problem with Refreshing

Hi everybody,

 

I'm having a problem when I try to refresh my scorecard, it says this message:

 

"Column "Project ID" in Table "Project Updates" contains a duplicate value "6" and this is not allowed for columns on the one side of a many-to-one relationship or for columns that are used as the primary key of a table"

 

I don't know what this means, so if someone does, it would be really useful for me 🙂

 

Thanks

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bpriebe
Frequent Visitor

Hello rodriguma,

 

Did you ever find a solution to this issue? We are running into a similar roadblock and have been unable to find anyone with answers.

 

Thank you.

v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@rodriguma

 

 I assume you don't have any duplicate values in that column and this error only occurs when you refresh data. Right?

 

I haven't reproduce your issue. But I have seen posts abouth similar issue before:

 

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Duplicates-phantoms-in-Power-BI/m-p/120252#M50807

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/column-with-distinct-values-in-query-has-duplicates-in-repor...

 

It seems Query Editor may create duplicate rows when refresh fails. I suggest you recreate your dataset and try again.

 

Regards,

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