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NicoleT
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Using a column distinct value as Parameter query list in Directquery mode

My problem is as below:

 

I have a query in direct query mode. A table named “OuterJoin” and four parameters used in SQL query.

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When manage the Parameters, I want use the column (AetherExperimentId_T1”)’s distinct value as parameter (AetherExpId_A) ‘s value list.

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What I did is generate a table to get the column distinct value and convert to List. Then I can choose this list query as parameter query above.

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But when Save it, the error info is as below. 

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May I know is there a solution if I want to use the column distinct value as Parameter query list in Directquery mode?

Great Thanks!

 

 

 

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ImkeF
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Please check this method: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Parameterized-SQL-Query-with-query-folding/td-p/171503

You will only be able to reference non-SQL items as text for this to work.

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Thanks ImkeF! I appriciate it! But I need offer user the parameter value list to choose when they open the power BI template since the data is very big. Any suggestion? 

Sorry, just recognized that I misread your request.

It seems that removing duplicates is not supported in direct query mode, so this will not work unfortunately.

Any chance that you can create a view in the SQL-server for it instead?

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