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List where a column or measure is used in a report

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Dave Gugg on 17 Dec 2016 06:00:28

It can be unwieldy to manage measures and columns, especially when custom measures and columns are built on top of other measures and columns. It would be helpful to have a [Where Used] option to provide a list of visuals and/or columns/measures where a particular column is used. That way you can delete unneeded measures/columns without worrying about breaking everything.

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JPT on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:19

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

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Jonathan on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:57

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Definitely needed so that audits can be done across all reports/tabs to see where specific data elements are used. This is really important as changing field names in the SSAS model will break all reports/tabs that used those fields

I also like the idea of a report that shoes the hierarchy of DAX measures where sub-ordinate DAX measures are used to calculate

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José Pintor on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:15

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

It's really needed!

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Niklas M on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:05

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Seeing where (in multiple places) a measure is being used would be very useful. But also being able to get an overview of all measures used, and what measures are being used at all in any reports. This helps alot when cleaning up or refactoring, which otherwise becomes extremely time-consuming since each measure could potentially be used SOMEWHERE and you have to go look for it manually...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:21

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Yes please, make it so.

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bunger on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:10

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Yes please!

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James on 05 Jul 2020 23:56:12

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PowerBI very slow , want to remove as much column data on initial queries

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Ainsley Glass (nee O'Sullivan) on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:46

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Yes please - Much required functionality to better manage content within Power BI solutions.

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Penny on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:45

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Please, yes! This functionality is really required, it is almost impossible to discern unused formula and as such they are left in the model which is very messy. Thanks.

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Axel on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:01

RE: List where a column or measure is used in a report

Yes, this function like the trace dependencies in Excel would be very helpfull.