Context: I am creating a dashboard in Excel based on the data model I am building in Power Pivot. The source data in the data model is based on various other excel tables I am regularly receiving and copy-pasting into my workbook (their incoming structure is out of my control). My goal is to perform all data processing within Power Pivot/DAX rather than manipulating the data in the worksheets before loading into the model.
Problem: In my model, I have a table (tabCases) which includes status updates on all cases from a management system. This table has a column named case-ID (not unique). I need to create a lookup-table with unique case-id's where I can create new columns with various KPIs for each case.
How can I do this in Power Pivot?
I found two suggestions in this article but none of them work for me (opt. 1 because it requires a manual creation of the unique ID list and opt. 2 because I don't have a database access).
In my mind there should be something really simple I could do, such as i.e.:
- Add new table to data model
- Set first column to be equal to DISTINCT(tabCases[caseID])
Is there such a way?
