Blending example

The following screenshot shows a simple example of data blending in action:

There are two data source connections defined in this workbook, one for the Superstore data and the other for Superstore Sales Goals. The Superstore data source is the primary data source in this view (indicated by the blue check mark) and Superstore Sales Goals is the secondary source (indicated by the orange checkmark). Active fields in the view, which are from the secondary data source, are also indicated with an orange checkmark icon.

The Sales measure has been used from the primary source and the Goals from the secondary sources. In both cases, ...

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