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Make Tabular SSAS Hierarchies visible in Power BI Desktop.

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on 04 Jun 2016 19:37:53

Currently Power BI Desktop does not see the Dimension Hierarchies through a Live Tabular source. It would be quite useful if these were visible and could be used as Row/Column Drillable on Charts and Tables.

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Tony Sharpe on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:51

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Yes please add this feature

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:56

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I'll second that motion !

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:56

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My organisation would be very much in favor of this!

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Krishna on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:08

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Hey add this feature ASAP as it is very useful.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:58

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Upgrading the Compatability Level for the .bim file from SQL Server 2012 RTM (1100) to SQL Server 2014 / SQL Server 2012 SP1 (1103) did the trick for us. We have several tabular models with date hierarchies; the one that did not show the hierarchy in PBI was the one with the older Compatability Level

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:52

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We have several tabular models with date hierarchies defined. They work in PBI all but one model, for some reason. Have been exploring the possibility of a SSDT issue (14.0.61707.300) or a SQL Server Analysis Services (14.0.806.134) issue . The interesting thing is DAX studio (2.7.1) is seeing/not seeing the date hierarchies in the same tabular models as PBI!

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Anonymous on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:32

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We need this !

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Armando Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:01

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I can't believe it isn't already there. It is always very frustrating when you can do basic data drilling in Excel and not in Power BI.

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Martha Skjellerup on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:46

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Yes - we use the tabular model a lot - and we really need to see our hierarchies

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:32

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Totally agree..