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Helper IIIunable to reference a field from a table
You cannot reference a "naked" column within a measure. In a measure there is no row context so the engine does not know what row you are referring to. Have a look at this and or this
I would also stick to always using fully qualified names for columns, i.e. TableName[ColumName] instead of just [ColumnName]. The latter is best reserved for referring to measures: [Measure]
Helper IIIHi, and thanks for reply. I cannot reference a field from one table to another in calculation.
My objective is to create a measure Total_Cost =[Last] (from Current table)-[New Price] (from Transactions
When I attempt to insert Measure =[Last] in the 'Transactions' table, the error reads
"The value for 'last' cannot be determined. Either 'last' doesn't exist or there is no current row for a column named 'last'.
I have inserted link to file Test.PBIX in dropbox to illustrate.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z585zgpfbtraiyc/test.pbix?dl=0
Thanks
Jim
Community ChampionYou cannot reference a "naked" column within a measure. In a measure there is no row context so the engine does not know what row you are referring to. Have a look at this and or this
I would also stick to always using fully qualified names for columns, i.e. TableName[ColumName] instead of just [ColumnName]. The latter is best reserved for referring to measures: [Measure]