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Azure content pack for PowerBI - Analyzing data in excel
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
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.. :)
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.
- Hi,I think we keep coming back to the same point.. or i explain myself poorly.. I understood that i need to modify the dataset using powerbi desktop, and then and only then i could use that analyze in excel function correctly.That was my issue, i tried opening the file downloaded for analyzing in excel in powerbi somehow, i tried connecting myself with the settings that are in that file with the desktop version, but i just couldnt get around to manage to do it.Happen to know of an article that explains that? Or care to explain yourself? :) that would be greatly appreciated!
pixelicous In order for this to work you need to follow this sequence.
Start in the Power BI Desktop
Using the data source connection in the Desktop, connect to the "Azure Enterprise (Beta)" data source
Add your measure
Create Reports
Publish to the Power BI Service
Use Analyze in Excel to connect to the Dataset you've created from the above report
Drop the measure in the values section
If you did all this, then something is broken.
If you started in the Service by connecting to the Content Pack (which is how I read all the above) then it won't work and my previous reply still applies.
You cannot connect to a Content Pack in the Power BI Service and somehow modify the model/add measures or calcs to it.