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Unpivot the star schema table in direct query mode
Hi,
I am now trying to build a table using data from SQL Azure database, connected in direct query mode
My database used to be flat database, without any dimension tables and I could unpivot the data.
Then, I changed the database to have star schema and the query editor says "This step results in a query that is not supported in Direct Query mode".
Is unpivot not supported in direct query mode, if I use star schema table?
Thanks
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keondopark Are you writting a query, or just connecting to the table? I assume writing a query.. have you tried to build the logic in your DB in a view and just connecting to that?
Hi
I am trying to write a query to unpivot my table in Powe BI Query editor
In other words, my table looks like this
DimA DimB DimC Var1 Var2 Var3
a b c 10 20 30
a b d 100 200 300
And I want to unpivot this table as bleow
DimA DimB DimC VarName Value
a b c Var1 10
a b c Var2 20
a b c Var3 30
a b d Var1 100
a b d Var2 200
a b d Var3 300
I want to unpivot in Power BI, because it gives me more flexibilities.. if it is not supported I should try to do it in DB.
keondopark You can Transpose your query with advanced editor, however that action will result in changing the connection to "Import".
Put another way, that action is not supported in Direct Query, but you could do it if you imported the data. If you want to stay in Direct Query mode, than you will need to do this in the database.
