Am I able to change the text of table in a live connection using just a measure?

[Anonymous]

I am using a live connection and I have several tables, one table is a hierarchy areas. I want to abbreviate these areas to a shorter acronym. I can not edit any columns due to it being a live connection. 

I am currently doing something like "(Substitute(Contains(Table[Column],"Text1"),"Text1","Text2") I am omitting the instance number to replace all text. I am modelling the text to be text. Yet when I try to put the measure in a column of a matrix, it won't allow me. Only in values.

When you do put the measure in a matrix you only see true or false. Where have I gone wrong? Am I able not to do this with a measure? Thanks in advance.

[v-yuta-msft · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous,

Have you solved your issue by now? If you have, could you please help mark the correct answer to finish the thread? Your contribution will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

[v-yuta-msft]

@Anonymous,

Matrix visual doesn't allow user to drag measures as column or row axis, you should convert measure to calculate column(if you are using dataware house like SSAS).

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

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