Relationship (Direct Query)

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am unable to create relationship with the fact table which is in the server (Direct Query)

It shows as blank. Help Appreciated! 🙂

[v-yanjiang-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

I wonder how many rows are in your fact table, there is a one-million-row limitation for direct query mode.

Please have a good look at this document to know more about the limitations for direct query.

• There is a one-million-row limit for returning data when using DirectQuery. The limit does not affect aggregations or calculations used to create the dataset returned using DirectQuery, only the rows returned. For example, you can aggregate 10 million rows with your query that runs on the data source, and accurately return the results of that aggregation to Power BI using DirectQuery as long as the data returned to Power BI is less than 1 million rows. If more than 1 million rows would be returned from DirectQuery, Power BI returns an error.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[bcdobbs · Accepted solution]

You need to set the tables storage mode to dual so that power bi treats it as a composite model:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-storage-mode#constraints-on-direct...