NiklasV on 21 Aug 2015 15:09:27
I have found no support for using existing data model hierarchies in either Power BI or Power BI Desktop. It is not either possible to create own hierarchies in Power BI Desktop. This feature would greatly approve the the ability to build reports based on eg. dates, geography and organizational structures.
Administrator on 29 Mar 2016 06:23:23
We've added this to the product. In the next release you'll also be able to drag and drop to create hierarchies as well.
- Comments (25)
RE: Support for Hierarchies
Our tabular cubes leverage hierarchies to simplify dimensions and ease of use. Not having this features requires us to maintain two tabular cube solutions or have many more unneeded fields in our dimensions
RE: Support for Hierarchies
Have the same Problem here. I found a possibility to build a kind of hierarchy in the Bar Chart with the last update, but in Matrix view there is nothing and we definitely need Hierarchies or drill possibilities there!
RE: Support for Hierarchies
I agree, being able to use hierarchies that already exist in an SSAS tabular model (or to create these in PowerBI) and use them as drill throughs would be very useful.
RE: Support for Hierarchies
I agree, this is a significant shortcoming currently. Essentially makes existing hierarchies worthless, and necessitates manually building drill downs where they are supported.
RE: Support for Hierarchies
Specifically hierarchies in SSAS Tabular as these are usually already in place if the Company has a SSAS Tabular model already.