Copy table to create an alias (Tabular model)

  • Hi guys,

    does anyone know how to copy and paste a table to create an alias with in a tabular model.

    e.g. I need 4 date dimension. start date, end date, resolved date and status change date. Each exactly the same with 2 hierarchies.

    Creating each one from scratch is a bit of a ball ache.

    anyone?

    cheers

    Ian Cockcroft
    MCITP BI Specialist

  • I am looking for a solution too. I have more than one cube, and want to copy my date dimension from one cube to another.

  • A bit of outdated forum request.
    The tabular model generates a json file, default name is model.bim.
    It is possible to open the file in for example notepad++. Somewhere after the remark "tables": you can copy the part for the dimension you would like to copy. When copying note to make sure to modify the "name":
    Also make sure to make a copy of the .bim file before trying this.

    Like this it is not all that hard to do.

  • I think the best to do is creating a calculated table and then use the RelatedTable DAX function to clone your table.

    Indeed, I have a user table and two fields in the fact table: createduserid and modifieduserid I cloned the user table and created a link for each relevant field.

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