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    Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

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    Will Thompson on 04 May 2017 01:32:23

    In May 2017 Power BI Desktop started supporting creation of DAX measures when working in live connect mode to an external SSAS model: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-feature-summary/


    Vote on this idea if you want support for calculated measures against multidimensional models too.

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    Gil Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:56:11

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    Please, provide an update on this. You could at least do that for an idea that was actually shared by Will Thompson, Product Manager of Power BI over two years ago!

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    Brent gamble on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:37

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    this would be great -- instead of waiting for a calculated measure to be developed in a cube we could do it this way and save a lot of time - provides even more flexibility

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    John Cullom on 05 Jul 2020 23:54:18

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    Please let us know something, even if it's we're never going to do anything so we can plan.

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    ibhui on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:56

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    When can we expect this? I'm really surprised that Microsoft still has not incorporated it in Power BI while promoting this as a future BI tool...

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:03

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    Has anything happened regarding this idea or is it being ignored?

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:55

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    Please include creation of Dax measures when connected to an Multidimensional Cube.

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    Henrique. on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:08

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    This feature is very important for some analyses in Power BI, so that i think it must be on of the priorities to be improved.

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    Paul Southerland on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:26

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    This is needed to get data from an SSAS cube into a Power BI visualization. I was genuinely surprised that this functionality was not already in Power BI.

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    Brad Dietz on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:20

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    How is this not already a part of power bi? My company moved to a live connection and I can't do anything in power bi

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:12

    RE: Calculated measures when live connected to MDX cubes

    Please include creation of Dax measures when connected to an Multidimensional Cube. It would be extremely helpful.

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