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smpa01
Community Champion
1 year ago

TMDL view and refactoring

Is it possible to apply refactoring to a colum name for any of its instance (source column, calculated column, calculation group, measures) all at once from code editor of the TMDL view?

 

To simplify, How can I rename a column (tbl_1[colA]) only at source table and be assured that all the relevant dependecncies to be updated at once (any calculated column using tbl_1[colA], calculation group using tbl_1[colA], measures using tbl_1[colA])? and not simply changing all occurence of colA cause tbl_1 and tbl_2 both has colA.

 

Does TMDL code editor in pbi let me do this? I am also open to VS code

 

VS code lets you do that like this 

 

RuiRomanoMS 

 

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1 Reply

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    1 year ago

    Hi smpa01 ，

    After testing, I'm afraid the functionality you mentioned is not available at this time.
    When editing a Power BI TMDL file in VS code, after modifying a column name, there is no prompt to guide you to modify other instances that reference this column.

     

    You need to do it manually or use advanced C# scripts in Tabluar Editor.

     

    Best Regards,
    Dengliang Li

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