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Renjith
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Default selection in Filter Pane Power Bi Service

Hi 

I want to set a default select in the filter panes while publishing to power bi online . See the attached image, I have total 3 filters on the report. I need to set default selection on each filters

 

Default Selection.PNG

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Hi @Renjith ,

 

Based on my research, it is not supported yet currently. There is an idea about that you can vote it up to make this feature coming sooner.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/11509449-slicer-mandatory-selecti...

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37405195-add-option-for-mandatory...

Community Support Team _ Frank
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Arjun_SP
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Have you tried using a bookmark ? Make your default selection and save as a bookmark.

Assign that bookmark to a Image or a text. @Renjith 

 

 
venal
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@Renjith 

I tried to re-pro the issue from my end, selected DNAME as "RESEARCH" - default value and published to the Service.

Please see the below screenshots.

Default Filter Selection-Desktop.JPGDefault Filter Selection-Service.JPG

 


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@venal ,

 

Thanks for the response

 

my requirement is not this. I have 3 page level filters at the filter pane. I need to set 1 selection is mandatory for all these filters

 

Is it possible

Hi @Renjith ,

 

Based on my research, it is not supported yet currently. There is an idea about that you can vote it up to make this feature coming sooner.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/11509449-slicer-mandatory-selecti...

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37405195-add-option-for-mandatory...

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.

@v-frfei-msft 

Thank you for the valuable response

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