Power BI Desktop freezes when Creating Relationship in DirectQuery Mode

Hi! I am trying to create a relationship between 2 tables where both columns have type Whole Number; but as soon as I click on "Ok" button Power BI freezes and I have to kill the process to exit....

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v-qiuyu-msft

Community Support

7 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

Please update the Power BI desktop to the latest version 2.70.5494.761 then test again.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

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