Find Duplicate

Values in the
Dimension
Table
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Problems with Duplicates in
Dimension Table

Shows an
error while
connecting
Dimension Table Fact Table

Duplicate Values in the

Dimension Table

When trying to connect a fact table with a dimension

table using a one-to-many relationship, you may get an
error if there are duplicate values in the column in which
the relationship is being built in the dimension table.
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Method 1 -

Finding Duplicate Values

using a Calculated Column

We'll create a column in the dimension table and

use the following DAX to find out which rows are
duplicated.

1 Check =
2 COUNTROWS(
3 FILTER(
4 Products,
5 Products[Product ID]=EARLIER(Products[Product ID])
6 )
7)

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Filter Out the Duplicates

The above DAX will work like Excel's COUNTIF

function, and if the value appears more than once,
it's identified as a duplicate.

Duplicate
Rows

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Method 2 -

Finding Duplicate Values

using Visuals

Drag Product ID
column twice

Step 1 - Create a table visual and drag the Product ID

column twice.

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Change the
summarization
option to Count.

Step 2 - Change the second Order ID column to

Count. This shows how often each row appears.

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Filter Out the Duplicates

Step 3 - If you're working with tables that have many

rows, apply a filter to show counts greater than one.
This effectively isolates duplicate Product IDs.

Apply the
filter - is
greater
than 1.

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