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Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

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David Simerson on 26 Oct 2016 22:47:36

Due to report complexity it now takes many minutes (ie>5min often times) to do something as simple as create a measure.

I would like the ability to stop the calculations so that I can do a bunch of updates and then apply them at once, as I don't need to see the results while working. Just like setting calculations to manual in Excel.

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Craig d on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:35

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

This is so important

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MB4ict on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:22

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

Very important. Is this not solved yet?

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Ben Troop on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:49

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would also speed up wireframing

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Chantal Marshall on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:37

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

Agree, we need this feature as soon as possible! Would be so helpful.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:27

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

Every person should vote for this!!! constantly having to just write formulas in Notepad to then copy and paste into Power BI and wait for the app to catch up. Takes hours to just enter 20+ formula.

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john ridge on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:18

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

'Additionally, it would seem very very useful to have
- a more general "stop all automatic calculations" option
- an ad-hoc "compute now" buttom
to allow a user to enter the DAX for multuiple new computed measures / columns etc.

The user coud then either signal to the system either :
a) press the "compute now" button
OR
b) change the general setting back to "automatically compute"
etc

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:49

RE: Add the ability to stop calculations while working in Desktop App

Reports seem to require less loading when on a new page without visuals.