Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
Register now!The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more
I opened a sample file and found the icon below next to "DM". What does this mean? I searched help pages, but I couldn't find an icon explanation.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @SenHarada,
It means this column is form one field of original properties.(for e.g. original column has multiple properties fields, such as value field, key field, name field...)
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
I found another reference to this question. It appears to be an old icon from Excel imports... unique identifier of a table.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Field-list-question/td-p/17312
Hi @SenHarada,
It means this column is form one field of original properties.(for e.g. original column has multiple properties fields, such as value field, key field, name field...)
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
I still don't understand 🙂 Could you explain? Where are those properties?
Thanks! Now I understand.
Check out the November 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.
Advance your Data & AI career with 50 days of live learning, contests, hands-on challenges, study groups & certifications and more!
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 58 | |
| 45 | |
| 42 | |
| 20 | |
| 18 |
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 172 | |
| 110 | |
| 91 | |
| 55 | |
| 45 |