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robofski
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Resolver II

Excel not seeing joins

Not sure where the best place to post this question is so trying here first!

 

I'm using the 'Publish to Excel' add in to connect to a dataset in the Power BI service.

 

The fact table is joined to a product group table. 

 

When I build a pivot table using data from the fact table, all is good, however the minute I add a field from the joined table all the fact records appear under all of the possible values from the join table!

 

Example:

Fact Table

Order 1  Product 1  $100

Order 2  Product 2  $50

Order 3  Product 2  $20

 

Joined to product group table on Product many to one.

 

Product Group Table

Product 1   Group 1

Product 2   Group 2

 

In Power BI I can get:

Group 1  Order 1  Product 1  $100

Group 2  Order 2  Product 2  $50

Group 2  Order 3  Product 2  $20

 

 

However in Excel trying to do the same thing I get:

 

Group 1  Order 1  Product 1  $100

Group 1  Order 2  Product 2  $50

Group 1  Order 3  Product 2  $20

Group 2  Order 1  Product 1  $100

Group 2  Order 2  Product 2  $50

Group 2  Order 3  Product 2  $20

 

It's as if Excel joesn't see the join and therefore shows all the fact records for each record in the join table?

 

Any ideas?

 

Dan

 

 

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v-piga-msft
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Resident Rockstar

Hi robofski,

 

Refer to this document, it might be a limitation that Dataset must have measures. It means that you should create a measure in Power BI Desktop, then place the measure in Values of PivotTable, then it will work well.

 

There is a similar scenario with yours, you could have a reference.

 

Hope it can help you.

 

Best Regards,

Cherry  

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-piga-msft
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

Hi robofski,

 

Refer to this document, it might be a limitation that Dataset must have measures. It means that you should create a measure in Power BI Desktop, then place the measure in Values of PivotTable, then it will work well.

 

There is a similar scenario with yours, you could have a reference.

 

Hope it can help you.

 

Best Regards,

Cherry  

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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