Barry_Smart
4 years agoAdvocate I
Status:
Accepted
Exception using Parameter in Power Query: A cyclic reference was encountered during evaluation.
Hello, Having downloaded the latest version of Power BI desktop (Version: 2.104.702.0 64-bit (April 2022)), we are now encountering an "A cyclic reference was encountered during evaluation" excep...
JohnSalt
4 years agoHelper I
Completely agree with Barry Smart's point that using a parameter that collides with an attribute isnt good practice, as such the change in the April update isnt necessarily wrong. The issue is that the error tracing in the Query editor hasnt been updated to match, same goes for the parameters documentation: Parameters - Power Query | Microsoft Docs