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bludra
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Can create a new column by avaliable field in OLAP cube?

Hi everyone ,

When I use Olap cube generated by Visual studio on power bi

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 But many button are transparent, can not use?

I do not know why that reason is. Can I add a new column created by already columns of my OLAP cube on power bi?  Thank you in advance.

OLAP Cube 

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d_gosbell
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These options are disabled because they are not valid when using a live connection to an OLAP cube. If you want to add measures or columns you will need to do this in your OLAP cube using Visual Studio.

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d_gosbell
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These options are disabled because they are not valid when using a live connection to an OLAP cube. If you want to add measures or columns you will need to do this in your OLAP cube using Visual Studio.

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