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Pete230
Helper III
Helper III

Data loading error when mergen querries

Hi together,

 

I struggeling since a few days with an data loding error:

"Query 'rdu_maindata' (step 'Added custom column') refers to other queries or steps and therefore cannot access a data source directly. Create this data combination again."

My Power bi ist connected to dataverse, every thing works perfectly until I try to merge querries from one tabel into the other, then I get this error. What I tried: to change the data loading from direct querry to import data. No success.

Hopefully one of you guys has experiences with that.

 

Best regards

Pete

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collinsg
Super User
Super User

Good day Pete230,

Chris Webb explains the circumstances under which this error appears and the way to resolve the error. It's a very worthwhile listen. His video is here, you'll find the first mention of the error around 3:24.

Hope this helps

WanderingBI
Resolver III
Resolver III

Hi Pete,

 

Can you share your Power Query code from the advanced editor?

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