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jeroenterheerdt
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2 years ago

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gregst
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2 years ago

Hello
The error message is coming at the beginning, meaning when I click on "New Calculation" the error message is popping up.

The table is quite simple, I have the week and for this example I only put the measure Snapshot = 1

with a format as Whole number.

Even if I continue and create Calculation = RUNNINGSUM([Snapshot]) the screen stay with the error message.

The calendar I use to get the Week is linked with other table in my model. Could be the problem ?

I did several try and it seems the issue is coming only if I use the table "Calendar" 😞

 

 

 

 

 

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gregst
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Hello again,
I solved my problem. The naming of the column seems weird for the New Calculation.
If I rename my column Calendar[ST Week] with ST Week all is working well.
Is it possible the square bracket [ ] create the problem ?

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    jeroenterheerdt
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    2 years ago

    it's likely the 'Calendar' part that got confused as a table reference. In general I'd recommend not naming columns like that as Power BI is prone to think A[B] is a reference to a column B on a table A.