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Hi @Anonymous ,

  • Power BI data models will reject ambiguous relationships, in which there are multiple possible cross filtering paths
  • For example, a bridge table cannot have two many-to-one bidirectional relationships to tables (A and B), both of which have one-to-many, single-direction cross filtering relationships to table C
    • The model would not know (or try to guess) whether table A or B should be filtered prior to filtering table C
  • Inactive relationships, cross filter direction, and the CROSSFILTER() function provide additional modeling flexibility

I have also found a similar post, please refer to it to see if it helps you.

Solved: How to solve ambiguity between tables - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

  • Power BI data models will reject ambiguous relationships, in which there are multiple possible cross filtering paths
  • For example, a bridge table cannot have two many-to-one bidirectional relationships to tables (A and B), both of which have one-to-many, single-direction cross filtering relationships to table C
    • The model would not know (or try to guess) whether table A or B should be filtered prior to filtering table C
  • Inactive relationships, cross filter direction, and the CROSSFILTER() function provide additional modeling flexibility

I have also found a similar post, please refer to it to see if it helps you.

Solved: How to solve ambiguity between tables - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly 

 

If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

 

Best Regards
Community Support Team _ Rongtie

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

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