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bodxisatva
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3 years ago
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Dropdown slicer malfunction when used for OLAP cube hierarchy fields

Hi,

 

We are having an issue and I am not sure what might be the reason. When we use a slicer in a dropdown mode for the hierarchy fields (or the entire hierarchy) from OLAP cube (haven't tested this with Tabulars) we see a malfuntion as it changes the displayed text from hierarchy leaf value to hierarchy leaf code, when some other slicer selection chnages.

 

Slicer settings:

 

 

Here is how it looks:

1. Select a hierarchy level in the affected slicer

 

2. Change selection in other slicer

 

3. Here is what now displayed instead of value at slicer using hiearchy

 

This doesn't happen when slicer is in Vertical List mode.

 

Stan

 

7 Comments

  • bodxisatva's avatar
    bodxisatva
    Regular Visitor

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I checked this in two versions of PowerBI Desktop and it behaves the same:
    - 2.118.828.0 64-bit (June 2023)

    - 2.118.621.0 64-bit (June 2023)

    This issue also happens with report when it's published to PowerBI web.

     

    Since the report is pulling data from a OLAP cube it's not possible for me to share the pbix file at the moment.

     

    Stan

  • bodxisatva's avatar
    bodxisatva
    Regular Visitor

    Hi Anonymous,

    I tried to reproduce this issue against testing OLAP cube based on AdventureDW and it works fine with it.

    I will try to look further in our OLAP cubes' setup to see why it could be happening.

     

    Stan

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi bodxisatva 

    Hoping this is only an occasional problem. Looking forward to your reply!

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

  • bodxisatva's avatar
    bodxisatva
    Regular Visitor

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I found the reason for such behaviour. If the dimension attribute used in hierarchy has value maintained with different source than a name for it, then it will be behaving in dropdown slicer like I described above.

    - Here is the value that set to be using Code filed as a source

     

    If the value for dimension attribute is not mainatained then it behaves normally:

     

    Is this an expected behaviour of PowerBI?

    We widely use an approach when Value differs from Name for attributes in dimensions and build a Hierarchies over those attributes. This already gives our buiseness certain discomfort and can do even more in future.

     

    Stan

    Stan

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi bodxisatva 

    Based on the above information, you can create a support ticket for free and a dedicated Microsoft engineer will come to solve the problem for you.

     

    The link of Power BI Support: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/

    For how to create a support ticket, please refer to https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-create-a-support-ticket-in-Power-BI/ba-p/683031

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

  • bodxisatva's avatar
    bodxisatva
    Regular Visitor

    Anonymous 

     

    Thank you, I opened a support ticket

     

    Stan