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Columns not coming up in formulas

Hi,

 

When I click 'New Measure' the columns don't come up in the formula when i click '[' or '''. 
They do when i click 'New Column'.

 

Why is this?

 

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vanessafvg
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measures expect some sort of aggregate function because it is not stored at the row level.  New columns would add a value for each row.  Measure just sum up, or get the max or min or a distinct count.   In order to get a column into a measure you to work you need to apply an aggregate function to a column or call on another calculated measure.





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vanessafvg
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measures expect some sort of aggregate function because it is not stored at the row level.  New columns would add a value for each row.  Measure just sum up, or get the max or min or a distinct count.   In order to get a column into a measure you to work you need to apply an aggregate function to a column or call on another calculated measure.





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Anonymous
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LOL hahaha PowerBI is such trash compareed to Tableau if this is really how you solve this. Man Microsoft is professionals at creating horrific products.

v-shex-msft
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Hi @michaelsparrow,

 

>>When I click 'New Measure' the columns don't come up in the formula when i click '[' or '''. 

Measure calculate value, it not support direct calculate with column value. You should polymeric them to get value.(e.g. sum(table[Column]), max(table[column])

 

I'd like to suggest you take a look at below link about how to use measure.

Tutorial: Create your own measures in Power BI Desktop

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Community Support Team _ Xiaoxin
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