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Drlazor
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Remove all non-distinct values using a Direct Query model.

I have a dataset that has been set up in Azure Analytics services to try and optimize the speed of the dashboard. However, I would like to try and remove all non-distinct values from a column in the dataset for my dashboard. I cannot use Power Query as this is a Direct Query model, so is there another way to do this or will I need to alter the original dataset?

 

Any help is very appriecated. Thank you!

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Drlazor
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Sorry for getting back to you so late but the problem I am having with this is that I have tables like

Column A | Column B | Column C

A                 Beta            Charlie

B                 Grama         Delta

C                 Roho           Sigma

A                 Beta            Delta

 

I would like to remove all of the values in Column A with duplicate values. So after it is done it would looks somthing like this

Column A | Column B | Column C

A                 Beta            Charlie

B                 Grama         Delta

C                 Roho           Sigma

And why would A-Beta-Charlie be preferred to A-Beta-Delta ?

I would like to keep the 1st instance of column A.

Power BI does not have a concept of that.  You need to bring your own sort order.

lbendlin
Super User
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Don't need to do anything, Power BI automatically aggregates data for you, if you want or not.

 

Put that column into a table visual and observe that only distinct values are shown.

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