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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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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

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

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W L on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:01

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Looking forward to it, still, it is 2019 now...

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Michelle Hammond on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:54

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

I have been asked to optimize a report that was created by someone who has moved on from this team. Something like this would be an enormous help in figuring out which columns I can safely remove. Without it, the work is very manual and extremely time-consuming.

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James Osborne on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:56

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

Sure would be helpful. Or, at minimum, some icon or highlighting on columns and measures to indicate they're used elsewhere - either in other measures/columns or in visuals. When you select a visual, it shows what columns/measures are used. I really hoped I could just 'select all' and see all columns in use. But it just deselects everything in that column view when you select more than one visual.
I have very low hopes of this being addressed, given how old this idea is.

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Megan Thirtyacre on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:09

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

This is so relevant to a project I am working on, please consider it!

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Paul Jose on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:19

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Yes need that at the moment...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:05

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

100% needed.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:08

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

It would also be nice to have Search functionality within PowerBI, so you can search in all the Dax where measures/etc. are used, so you know all the places where you need to adjust something

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:14

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Would make 'cleaning up the model' a whole lot easier..