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sayub
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Power Pivot Synonym feature equivalent in Power BI Desktop

Hi, Power Pivot has a 'Synonym' feature under advanced which hels build intellignce to Q&A service. Is there is a feature like that exists in power BI desktop or powerBI app level so we can define synonyms to tables and columns for better searching?

 

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Sheikh

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Greg_Deckler
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As far as I know, that feature only exists in Excel as well as the "phrasing" capabilities that only seem to exist in Power BI for O365.



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Synonyms are not available in Power BI Desktop or the service yet.

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Anonymous
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In the actual version of Power BI Desktop now you can add field- and table sysnonyms in the relationship editor.

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I've tried adding synonyms  in the editor and clicking save, but when I return to the editor later, it appears they have disappeared. When I upload to the Power BI service, they are not recognized by the QA as well. Any ideas on why they are not saving correctly?

 

 

andre
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Synonyms are not available in Power BI Desktop or the service yet.

Greg_Deckler
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As far as I know, that feature only exists in Excel as well as the "phrasing" capabilities that only seem to exist in Power BI for O365.



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