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Anonymous
4 years agoNot applicable
Why cannot see implicit measure/aggregation options?
Hi all, Recently I realized that I cannot change the aggregation of a column (use as implicit measure) when I add that to a visual (e.g.: switch from sum to avg or median or don't summarize). Whi...
- 4 years ago
Anonymous you created a calcualtion group. This switch off option of impicit measures.
You can't have both. - 4 years ago
Anonymous my pleasure.
Taking it one step further, that object is called 'Discourage Implicit Measures' and it's one of the properties at the model level.
You can't edit it in PBI desktop, only through an external tool like Tabular Editor.
By defulat its value is 'False'. Once you create a calculation groups it's forced to 'True'. If ever you will delete all your calculation groups you will need to connect to the model through tabular editor and switch it back to 'False' in order to gain back the implicit measure capabilty.