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Create model KPIs in Power BI Desktop

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Will Thompson on 19 Jul 2019 09:48:14

KPIs can be defined in the Analysis Services model hosted by Power BI, but there's no UI to create them in Power BI Desktop.

The icon sets feature (https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2019-feature-summary/#iconSets) lets you define indicators with logic in the visual itself, but having that logic centrally defined in a model KPI lets you re-use it across visuals and even reports.

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00ea1020 ca92-4dbf-9705-a74440a65c9c on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:43

RE: Create model KPIs in Power BI Desktop

This would be great now that Power BI is moving towards enterprise features (i.e., Shared Datasets)