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8 years ago
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Indicate 'no data' on graph - how to?

I have a data set, where it's quite possible that some entities have no data.   The issue is, in my case, when using a bar graph, a low bar indicates good performance. So when entities with no data...
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  • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
    v-huizhn-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    For your feature request reveal the tooltip without hovering over, you can create an idea here.

    Thanks,
    Angelia

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ccakjcrx
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8 years ago

Anonymous

 

Hey!

 

As with Greg_Deckler, I have to speculate concerning some of the characteristics of your problem because we don't have access to your data. 

 

Is it the case that the entity (without a value) shows up as null in the data view in pbi desktop? If that is the case, you can go into the query editor, and replace the null values with 0. When in query editor, you simply:

 

1. Select the desired column

2. Click replace values

3. Change null to 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you close and apply, the model will update existing null values with 0 in the specified column, and your entities will show up in your bar chart.

 

 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

ccakjcrx Hey!

 

Null or 0, it makes no difference as both return a low bar on the graph. I need to indicate no data, null or 0 in an explicite way, otherwise it's confused with good performance.

 

Thanks for the walkthrough though! I didn't know you could replace values like that.

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
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    8 years ago

    Could you create a Measure and include an IF(ISBLANK() in it and if so set it to the MAX of the value or some static number like 100? Not ideal, but at least it would not be zero. Also, you could potentially create another measure for a tooltip so that you could show "No data" when they hover over the value.