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Custom Variables in Debug Visual

DdanB — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:07:28 GMT

Do these work? I've tried copying the sample from the barchart tutorial (https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals/blob/master/Tutorial/StaticObjects.md) yet the items i add never appear under the "format" pane. Am i missing something? My capabilities.json looks like this (below) and i was expecting to see an 'Enable Axis' option under formatting on the right? Apologies if i have missed something.

{
"dataRoles": [
{
"displayName": "Category Data",
"name": "category",
"kind": 0
},
{
"displayName": "Measure Data",
"name": "measure",
"kind": 1
}
],
"dataViewMappings": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"category": {
"max": 1
},
"measure": {
"max": 1
}
}
],
"categorical": {
"categories": {
"for": {
"in": "category"
}
},
"values": {
"select": [
{
"bind": {
"to": "measure"
}
}
]
}
}
}
],
"objects": {
"enableAxis": {
"displayName": "Enable Axis",
"properties": {
"show": {
"displayName": "Enable Axis",
"type": { "bool": true }
}
}
}
}
}

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

DdanB — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:53:01 GMT

Appears to be Power BI Service debug visual only, works if i package to desktop, sorry forgot to mention that.

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

Mcburn — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:05:40 GMT

Hey Ddan,

i got this failure too. It works to last Friday.

Do you try it with the normal sample example from here: https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-sampleBarChart

That do not work for me.

Sometimes it helps to restart the Browser or the PBIVIZ.

Addendum: Do you implement the BarChartSettings and the EnumerationObjectInstances Method?

Greetings Mcburn

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

DdanB — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:39:20 GMT

Thanks Mcburn, yes I've implemented them both. Works ok if i package it and put it in desktop so i think its a debug visual thing.

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

Mcburn — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:49:38 GMT

In the moment i do not get the objects in dataViews[0].metadata.

But when i package my project i see the objects in the format frame, the objects are still empty.

It is the same failure with the example project.

Iam really confused on Friday everything was ok.

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

adamdavi3s — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:52:08 GMT

watching this as I have the same issue, any custom objects I can't get to show up

Re: Custom Variables in Debug Visual

v-chuncz-msft — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:49:56 GMT

@DdanB,

I see there is an open issue at https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/issues/43. You may give feedback at https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi as well.