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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Custom Object Drowdown

I'm creating a custom visual. I want to include a dropdown object on the format pane that I can fill with options. I know it's possible because it's in the standard KPI visual, but I can't find any d...
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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Awesome thanks! That's a great resource.

 

I'll put the code here for others to see an example.

 

Capabilities.json:

"displayUnits": {
                    "displayName": "Display Units",
                    "type": {
                        "enumeration": [{
                            "value": "none",
                            "displayName": "None"
                        }, {
                            "value": "thousands",
                            "displayName": "Thousands"
                        }, {
                            "value": "millions",
                            "displayName": "Millions"
                        }, {
                            "value": "billions",
                            "displayName": "Billions"
                        }]
                    }
                }

And the enumeration is the same as you would get a string.

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    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    Can you put up enumeration code as well, I tried and it is not working properly

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      Anonymous
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      9 years ago

      It's just like any string:

       

      public enumerateObjectInstances(options: EnumerateVisualObjectInstancesOptions): VisualObjectInstanceEnumeration {
    let objectName = options.objectName;
    let objectEnumeration: VisualObjectInstance[] = [];

    switch(objectName) {
        case 'kpi': 
            objectEnumeration.push({
                objectName: objectName,
                properties: {
                    displayUnits: this.kpiSettings.kpi.displayUnits
                },
                selector: null
            });
            break;
    };

    return objectEnumeration;
}
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        PBIcustomizer
        Frequent Visitor
        8 years ago

         

        Hi,

         

        Here, the possible options are hard-coded in capabilities.json.

        Is there a way to dynamically specify the list of possible values?

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    v-chuncz-msft
    Community Support
    9 years ago

    Anonymous,

     

    If your problem has been resolved, please help mark answer. Your contribution is highly appreciated.