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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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barcode visual in report

We have a use case where it would be good to have a bar code showing on the report. Basically being able to format a number field to appear as a barcode rather than digits. Clearly understaning that this type of reports is not really what Power BI is about, but in this use case it would still be very useful. Is there a way to do that?

 

Many thanks!

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  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    From official documents, the barcode data category is used to filter report by scanning the barcode in real world. For example, the corresponding product number of a barcode is 7290010237530, also there is a productNo field in desktop containing this value. When we scan the barcode of the real product, we can view its related report generated in desktop.

     

    However, to display barcode format in report view, it is not yet supported now. For details, please have a look at this video.

     

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

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  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    From official documents, the barcode data category is used to filter report by scanning the barcode in real world. For example, the corresponding product number of a barcode is 7290010237530, also there is a productNo field in desktop containing this value. When we scan the barcode of the real product, we can view its related report generated in desktop.

     

    However, to display barcode format in report view, it is not yet supported now. For details, please have a look at this video.

     

    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu

    • NVM's avatar
      NVM
      Regular Visitor
      6 years ago

      Hi v-yulgu-msft ,

       

      I now also want to generate and display barcodes in reports from strings or numbers.
      Does Power BI support such features currently ?

      Sincere thanks.

    • zupka's avatar
      zupka
      New Member
      2 years ago

      Hello,

      it was not supported in 2018, and now?

      Is there a way to show barcodes in a visual as graphic, and not digits?

  • Thejeswar's avatar
    Thejeswar
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Anonymous,

    You mean to say, that you want to display digits as barcode.

     

    If it is so,

    There is a way.

     

    Change the Data Category for that column to "Barcode" in the Modelling Tab of the Ribbon at the top

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      8 years ago

      That's what I thought as well and I did that both in the data view and the report view but the field still shows up as normal digits. Is it only supported by certainl visuals? I tried with a regular Table and a Card, but the same result... I'm probably doing something wrong then I guess.