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I'm trying to make it easier for our team to import tables to reports with the relationships already setup. I was able to create relationships by using foreign keys in the underlying datasources sql schema. However, ideally there are some relationships that should import as one-to-one (currently they are only showing up as one to many).
I tried creating a primary key on one table as the foreign key of another table with a unique contraint. This still imports as one to many. Is there any way to get DirectQuery tables to have a one-to-one relationship automatically recognized?
*Edit* further clarification, it's truely a 1 to zero or 1 as it's possible for there to be no record for some primary key values in the table w/ the foreign key
Thanks!
-Kevin
there are several warning flags in what you describe.
Usually 1:1 relationships mean that you should have combined the tables at the source. Having blank values on either end of the relationship is highly un-recommended.
Hi, so there is a simple reason why my schema has this. Basically I have dozens of tables that relate to a user table by a userid. Those tables referencing users will either have no record for a user, or a single record for a user.
But lets focus on the actual question - Is it possible in power bi to have relationships automatically import as one-to-one using direct query?
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