To create a description, open the Power BI Desktop file containing the dataset and enable the FIELD PROPERTIES pane under the View tab of the Report view. In the following screenshot, the Internet Gross Sales measure is selected on the FIELDS List and a sentence is entered into the description box of the FIELD PROPERTIES pane:
FIELD PROPERTIES pane
Just like the preceding example with measures, selecting a table or a column in the FIELDS list will expose the name of this object and a description box in the FIELD PROPERTIES pane. Table and column descriptions can be valuable but measures are likely the best use case for ...
