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Tober1996
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Field for freely input a number to use in measures

Hello,

is it possible to create a field with freely entering a number, that can be used as a filter or calculation value in existing measures?

 

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @Tober1996 

 

You might refer to the what-if parameter:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-if 

https://www.absentdata.com/power-bi/parameter-power-bi/ 

https://radacad.com/power-bi-what-if-parameters 

 

 

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @Tober1996 

 

You might refer to the what-if parameter:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-if 

https://www.absentdata.com/power-bi/parameter-power-bi/ 

https://radacad.com/power-bi-what-if-parameters 

 

 

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amitchandak
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R looking for https://www.absentdata.com/power-bi/parameter-power-bi/

 

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Greg_Deckler
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Sounds like you want a What If parameter. Basically, create a table using GENERATESERIES and then use SELECTEDVALUE in a measure.

 



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