Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Next up in the FabCon + SQLCon recap series: The roadmap for Microsoft SQL and Maximizing Developer experiences in Fabric. All sessions are available on-demand after the live show. Register now

Reply
atin
Advocate III
Advocate III

MdxScript(Model) (6, 48) Calculation error in measure 'Live_Files_ Billings'[Billings Live]: The fun

Hi everyone 

 

I have just had to refresh one of the visuals I created and getting this error message:

 

MdxScript(Model) (6, 48) Calculation error in measure 'Live_Files_ Billings'[Billings Live]: The function SUM cannot work with values of type String

 

Please can you advise on possible solutions

many thanks 

 

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
v-kkf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @atin ,

 

According to the error message, you are summing a column of text type in your measure formula. So please check the data type of the fields.

 

Best Regards,
Winniz

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
atin
Advocate III
Advocate III

Many thanks @v-kkf-msft for your assistance.
I checked the data and was able to detect that the column which I had used to create the measure had some texts in it. I have about 208 queries in the file and saw when unpivoting the columns during the transform process, I had not selected all the columns
However It works now  - Happy days 😊

v-kkf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @atin ,

 

According to the error message, you are summing a column of text type in your measure formula. So please check the data type of the fields.

 

Best Regards,
Winniz

Helpful resources

Announcements
New to Fabric survey Carousel

New to Fabric Survey

If you have recently started exploring Fabric, we'd love to hear how it's going. Your feedback can help with product improvements.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.