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jc508
10 years agoFrequent Visitor
Restricting dimensions to used values
Hi, I am using Power BI over an SSAS Tabular model. We have several generic dimensions, like Nationality, which usually come from standardised data sets and have many entries. Any particular fact ...
v-chuncz-msft
10 years agoCommunity Support
Hi jc508,
Actually, you can create a dataset storing nationalities in PowerBI and create relationship between your data. Then use this as Slicer. Try it and let me know if it helps.
jc508
10 years agoFrequent Visitor
Sam,
thanks for the thought and sorry for the delayed response (I actually got some holidays!)
I think your idea kind of hurts the idea of shared / conformed dimensions especially when they come from external sources.
JC