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ysapiyev
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8 years ago
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Data types from SSAS live cube

Hi everyone,   I have SQL cube, which I imported in Power BI report and I faced some issues. Power BI imports as measures  not fields: So, if I'm not wrong, this causes me that I can't use d...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    ysapiyev,

    This behavior is as expected. In "connect live" mode, SSAS measures will be imported as measures in Power BI Desktop. If you want Power BI to recognize SSAS measures as fields, please use import mode instead.

    Regards,
    Lydia

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ysapiyev
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8 years ago

Anonymous,

 

Thanks.

 

So, if I understand correctly, date field in SSAS will not be recognized by Power BI visuals as date if it is measure, right?

 

Regards,

Yerkhan

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

ysapiyev,

If it is defined as a measure in SSAS source, the date will not recognized as field in "Connect Live"mode. In "Import" mode, the date can be imported as field.

Regards,
Lydia