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Anonymous

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4 years ago

Dynamic text box - Measure that returns text doesn't work

Hi, I have an issue while using dynamic content in a text box. If I use the Q&A interface to add a dynamic value based on a measure returning a number, everything works fine. If I use the Q&...

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Anonymous

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4 years ago

Hi,

What you show on your screen is exactly what I do and it is what I call "Q&A" (as it looks your search term in the model and returns an answer). Measures used in a text box won't return text, even the most simple measure that returns a simple string.

EDIT : reading some other stuff about calculation groups, the following seems totally related to the matter at hand. It seems that adding Calculation Groups to a model makes all text measures seen as "variant".

https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=9d9e204a-db28-4ced-89f9-ea56a1041a06