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Anonymous
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8 years ago

userelationship vs CROSSFILTER

Hi,

 

I was after the opposite to USERELATIONSHIP and came up with CROSSFILTER and type = None. I.e. I want to have an active relationship for most measures but in one measure have it inactive. Is this the way to go? Any drawbacks?

 

BR

Martin

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  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    I'm not sure I can understand your scenario totally. Could you be more precisely with your requirement by posting your table structures(including the relationships) with some sample/mock data and the expected result? So that we can better assist on this issue. :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      8 years ago

      Thanks for your reply!

       

      I don't think I have an issue really, my measure seems to work as intended. This was more of a "did I miss something question" or "is this really a good idea".

       

      To put the scenario in its basic parts. I have a model with an active relationship between two tables because this is what I want in 90 % of the cases. However in one scenario what I'm after is really to set the relationship to inactive. I understand that I could probably solve this using "ALL" etc. in some way. But the CROSSFILTER with type = None looks like it does just what I want, i.e. it could be named INACTIVATERELATIONSHIP. 

       

      But I was just waiting for someone to prove this wrong :)

       

      BR

      Martin

       

       

      • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
        v-ljerr-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi Anonymous,

        To put the scenario in its basic parts. I have a model with an active relationship between two tables because this is what I want in 90 % of the cases. However in one scenario what I'm after is really to set the relationship to inactive. I understand that I could probably solve this using "ALL" etc. in some way. But the CROSSFILTER with type = None looks like it does just what I want, i.e. it could be named INACTIVATERELATIONSHIP. 

        Usually, I use ALL function in this scenario. I never thought there is another way to do it. After a few tests and research, it seems to me that using CROSSFILTER is also a good way to go. :smileyhappy:

         

        Regards