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mguilday
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3 years ago
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How to create calculated columns/fields?

I am brand new to Power BI so this is probably easy and I'm just missing something obvious but I am using the online version of Power BI (my first hunch is maybe this is only available in desktop?) a...
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    collinq
    3 years ago

    Hey mguilday ,

     

    At this moment, the best bet is to use desktop to do this.  The Service is starting to get more capabilities but is not quite there yet.  To do it in the Service you would need to have the "edit model" option turned on and then you can select the "Open Data Model".

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mguilday
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3 years ago

Thanks Collin! I just needed that confirmation so I can ask my supervisor for a Windows based PC. I'll look into the workaround as well but I feel that if they want me to be able to create without limits, it just makes sense to get Desktop.