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JRyan
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Dynamic Visual Title - Cannot Select Measure

Hi,

 

I've created a very simple measure:

 

TestTitle = "test"

 

And am trying to use this as a dynamic title for a visual, however when I go to the Conditional Formatting options for the Title, I cannot select ANY measure I've created to use as the title.  I can select any column, but measures are all greyed out.

 

This should have been possible from April 2019, can anyone else do this?

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PSEJR
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Advocate I

Just came across this post in the search for a solution to the same challenge, and after figuring out a solution that does not involve having the measure in the shared dataset, I figured I would share that solution here for anyone else who comes across this.

 

When creating the measure containing you dynamic title, it defaults to data type Decimal Number:

PSEJR_0-1657701387642.png

With that data type, the measure is greyed out:

PSEJR_1-1657701611732.png

 

However if the data type of the measure is changed to text, it is then possible to chose it:

PSEJR_2-1657701672870.png

PSEJR_3-1657701700264.png

 

I have tested it on both a live connection to AAS and PBI, and both works.

This works! It should be marked as the solution. Thanks @PSEJR !

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@JRyan , You created a  test measure. So conditional formatting might have been disabled for that.

 

Create like

Measure =1 and check.

Any way not very clear what you want to achieve here

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Ok seems that I've sorted this out now (with the help of a colleague!)

 

Looks the Measure you create must be in the same pbix as the Dataset, i.e. you cannot create a Measure to use as a dynamic title in a Report that is linked to a Shared Dataset - it must be in the Shared Dataset itself.

Hi @JRyan

 

Correctly,glad that you have solved your issue,could you pls mark the reply as answered to close it?

 

Much appreciated.

 

 
 
Best Regards,
Kelly
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