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pixelicous
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9 years ago

Azure content pack for PowerBI - Analyzing data in excel

Hi all,   I have the same issue as the following post: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Analyze-in-Excel-of-Azure-Entreprise-dataset-No-measures/td-p/66535   I tried replying on that pos...
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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Hi pixelicous,

 

You can use analysis in excel function to export data model to excel, but I don't think it will be possible to create a content pack which support drag and drop column to values field.

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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pixelicous
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9 years ago

Following what i wrote above.. basically i am not looking to create any content pack, i just want to use that data model correctly in excel, thats my end game? is that somehow possible?

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    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    Hi pixelicous,

     

    Not very sure for your "i just want to use that data model correctly in excel".Can you share some detail content to let us more clearly for your requirement?

     

    Powerpivot only support measures in value filed. If you want to use column in it, you need to create a measure with max, sum, average or other math function to summary column value.

     

    Regards,

    Xiaxin Sheng

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      pixelicous
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      9 years ago

      Well..

      Very simple, the Azuer content pack for enterprise currnetly only works in PowerBI web version.

      There are many limitations due to this so i thought i'll start analyzing the data in excel.

      I use "analyze in excel" option and open the downloaded connection file with excel.


      I can see the COST field is a measure itself (in powerbi web), but in excel i cannot use it under the value fields.

       

      Is there a way to make that work?? Analyze in excel is rendered obselete without it, because having the cost as a row is simply not helping in anything.

      Again, i do not want to use the cost field as a column but in the VALUE field..

       

      Is there ANY way to do that currently? i am rather newbie to this so any help would be appreciated.. :)

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        Anonymous
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        9 years ago

        pixelicous "Thanks for replying eno1978..  It seemed from the post that it is possible to create an element that will turn the COST field to be able to be maniuplated in a way that it would be useable, thus i asked.."

         

        Let's clear this up. Connecting to the Content Pack from the Power BI Service will not allow you to create the necessary measure you need in order to drop it into the "Values" section of the pivot table in Analyze in Excel. The requirement for that Values field when doing Analyze in Excel is that it be a measure.

        The referenced post does not clarify that the solution can't be done on a dataset that connects to a Content Pack in the Service.

        However. The Azure Enterprise connection IS a datasource (in beta) in the Power BI Desktop. I don't know if it is the same (should be) but this method would allow you to build the measure, publish to the Service, and use Analyze in Excel against the measures you added.

        The Power BI Desktop is the only place you can add calculations or modify a model/dataset.