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PMAnalytics
Frequent Visitor
3 years ago

Possibility to store values via the frontend (Visual)

Hi,   is it possible that the user can enter a value via the frontend (directly in the visual)? The value should be saved permanently afterwards. So instead of loading a value via the sidebar, he/s...
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spandl
Helper I
3 years ago

You can add the field into the capabilities file and then hide it.

 

After that, create an input field in the visual and use `powerbi.VisualObjectInstancesToPersist` to save the value.

 

I don't know anymore where I got this example from, but below you can find a code snippet that worked for me.

 

```

const objects: powerbi.VisualObjectInstancesToPersist = {
merge: [
{
objectName: 'mapConfiguration',
selector: undefined,
properties: {
mapJSONCustom: customJSON,
},
}],
};

this.host.persistProperties(objects);
```