topic Re: SelectionId for table in Developer

SelectionId for table

mikihiir — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 19:24:02 GMT

Got problem with new visual api.

Can't find a way to create selectionId for table.

With older api there was a possibility to create selectionId from identity, now there is none.

So currently u can create selectionId's only for categorical ?

Please help.

Thanks

Mcburn — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:34:37 GMT

Hey mikihirir,

i think we got the same problems on our visuals ;).

I do not found this in the API but i think you are right. In the moment we only have that three options:

Category, Measure, Series.

Maybe you can use the Series in a Table for the selectionid. So every row is one id.

But i do not try it out know.

In my case i used one category. Because when you define a table in the capabilites. The tool creates everytime a categorical.

The fields do not have so much metadata. But you can identify the categorical data by id and the column id in the table.

My workaround is very complicated and i think we can make a better solution for this.

Nice Regards

Mcburn

mpo — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:20:40 GMT

Had the same problem, also ended up with a single category.

Mine is of form "X:Y". Then I split it up inside the visual to retrieve coordinates, but use the whole "X:Y" category for selection.

v-chuncz-msft — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:25:31 GMT

From my point of view, it doesn't make much sense. You may use Slicer and HierarchySlicer as an alternative.