Field Parameters not working for any visual

[ravib]

Hi team, just signed up on this forum. Excited to be here!

I'm trying to use field parameters to choose between metrics I want to display. I know its pretty straightforward since I watched a bunch of youtube videos and read through the MS documentation on how to set it up.

While the field parameter setup works for a table visual (choose a dimension and the field parameter and toggle between the choices to display the chosen metric), I am not able to see the same behavior in ANY of the other visuals....bar chart, pie chart, line chart...anything.

Previously, I was using DirectQuery and I thought field parameters might not work for DirectQuery, but it doesnt work even if I import the data. I have upgraded my desktop to the latest version (Jun 14, 2022), but still nothing.

I don't know if anybody else has encountered this wierd situation. If so, any ideas ?

I've attached a PBIX file simple to show you with a simple dataset, how field parameter works for the table, and not for the bar chart.

https://github.com/ravib22/powerbi/blob/main/Test-FieldParam.pbix 

Any hints would be greatly appreciated!!

[v-yalanwu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @ravib ;

Since the newly generated field parameter Choose Metrics is a text type, the Y-axis requirement in the bar graph is value, which is the number type, so blank will be displayed here.

Therefore, the following schemes can be used:

1.create a new table.

Newtable = {
    "UnitsInStock",
    "UnitsOnOrder"}

2.create a measure.

Measure = SWITCH(MAX('Newtable'[Value]),"UnitsInStock",SUM(Products[UnitsInStock]), "UnitsOnOrder",SUM(Products[UnitsOnOrder]))

The final show:

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[ravib]

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question @v-yalanwu-msft . This is awesome.

Another way of doing this is to just create two new measures and add them to the field parameter.

MeasureUIS = SUM(Products[UnitsInStock])

MeasureUIO = SUM(Products[UnitsOnOrder])

This also worked for me.

Thanks all for taking interest in answering this q.

ravib

[Anonymous]

Ya, this is Working like a Magic !!

[ravib]

Hi @amitchandak , thanks for your reply. But if we do that, then we get a UnitsOnOrder by Count of category name, instead of UnitsOnOrder by CategoryName. The expected outcome is UnitsOnOrder by CategoryName or UnitsInStock by CategoryName. Hope it clarifies.

Thanks.

[amitchandak]

@ravib , choose metrics should be on the y-Axis