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Specifying the order for data roles
Looks like it's impossible to achieve since Power BI Desktop that you use is out dated.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
There's no specification but the order can be controlled by adding rules to the conditions of your capabilities.json.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
It does work for certain cases but not for all. For example I tried using the same condition in capabilities.json but I used two different clients (Power BI Desktop for Report server June 2017 and Power BI desktop December 2017) and they work differently. So I guess something changed in the newer version that makes it work differently even though the whole capabilities file is the same.
Can you share your capabilities.json to check the issue from our side?
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
Sure, here's an example capabilities file (you can use the whole repo if you wish, it's just a new visual with some added capabilities).
If I use this visual on Power BI online and add two value fields I get this.
However, if I do this exact same thing in the Power BI Desktop for Report Server June 2017 I get this.
I want to be able to add up to 4 value fields in each of them, but I want the first one to go to the first field and the second one to go to the second field, just like it works online. But I'm not able to achieve this of the desktop version. I also tried adding contstraits, but setting min 0 max 4 does not solve this problem the functinality stays the same.
Looks like it's impossible to achieve since Power BI Desktop that you use is out dated.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals