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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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Anthony Alessi on 28 Apr 2023 17:28:28

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

This feature would be a huge help in all versions of desktop (Report Server and Service optimized). Came here from: Solved: How to find where a column is used? - Microsoft Power BI CommunityThe solutions are all external tools:VertiPaq Analyzer Power BI Helper but had the most success with:Power BI Cleaner Gen2 The BIccountant

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Marcel ten Broeke on 14 Apr 2023 13:28:24

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

How many votes does an idea need ? In the past with Uservoice for Configurationmanager for example, many idea's has been started as investigation with more then half the votes this one has for example.anyway, this is a very welcome feature to optimize the to be published reports without breaking potential relations in larger models.

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Md Jubaer Mahmud on 04 Jan 2023 15:01:55

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

A highly needed feature!

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Daniel Cassidy on 16 Nov 2022 12:35:46

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

I'm surprised PowerBI doesn't have this feature, it seems like a fairly basic requirement. I have voted for it. :-)

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John Olav Bonsak on 04 Oct 2022 12:01:39

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

Any improvement which contributes to closing this transparency/lineage gap would be very much appreciated, PBI Team!

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Md Sajjadur Rahman on 01 Sep 2022 16:15:23

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

Much needed feature. please add it.

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Kurt A. Hinds on 12 Apr 2022 08:07:18

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

Come on guys alreasdy 6 years of begging. Please tell me someone is reading these forums?

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Dan Kang on 12 Nov 2021 01:24:25

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

Even if they had a hide unused fields like Tableau that would be a helpful start.

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Mark Wheeler on 25 Oct 2021 20:40:12

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

Please provide the ability to see where measures are used across a workspace.
Please make sure this feature DOES NOT require Administrator role to execute.

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Jens Hvidsteen on 24 Jun 2021 08:06:19

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

Please fix it, really needed how to find where measures are used "pages"