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Anonymous
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.Value extra attribute

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere...I couldn't find it.

 

In Power BI Desktop, one of the SQL Server dimensions has an extra attribute [.Value]:

Value.png

 

 

 

 

 

compared to Excel:

 

Excel.png

 

 

 

 

I can also see these date attributes also have a different icon to other fields.  Can anyone help explain?

 

Thanks,

Ian.

 

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jdbuchanan71
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Hello Ian,

I believe that is from the Auto date/time that PowerBI does when the setting is left on and you have no date table marked in the model although it should be Snapshot Date.Date

AutoDateTime.jpg

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jdbuchanan71
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Super User

Hello Ian,

I believe that is from the Auto date/time that PowerBI does when the setting is left on and you have no date table marked in the model although it should be Snapshot Date.Date

AutoDateTime.jpg

Anonymous
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Thanks @jdbuchanan71 : much appreciated.

 

I'll talk to our developers; I get this when I try to turn it off:

Error.png

 

Not a big deal; I can ignore it.  A colleague just asked me about it and I thought I'd ask here.  Thanks again.

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