Goal (Preview) filter for the last 12 months

[Robert-Stefan]

Hello, Power BI community,

I have a Power BI desktop report that contains multiple Goal (Preview) visuals.
The said visuals are connected to different scorecards (goals).
The scorecards contain data starting from 1-1-2024 and the content of the goals is updated each month with check-ins.
I would like to have the option to display only the past 12 months (1-9-2024 to 1-9-2025 in this case) in the Power BI desktop report.

Is there a way to do that within the visual or scorecards settings? I know I can't use neither filters nor dax formulas to alter a scorecard related visualisation. I tried changing the start date to 1-9-2025 but still no impact on the Preview (Goal) visuals.
I have full admin rights over the scorecards and the desktop report.

Kind regards.

[v-menakakota]

Hi  @Robert-Stefan ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum. 

I would also take a moment to thank @tayloramy , for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference. 
 

I suggest submitting your detailed feedback and ideas through Microsoft's official feedback channels, such as Microsoft Fabric Ideas. Feedback submitted through these channels is frequently reviewed by the product teams and can contribute to meaningful improvements.
https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/ideas/search-ideas/ 

Best Regards, 
Community Support Team  

[v-bmanikante]

Hi @Robert-Stefan,

I am also a part of CST and just wanted to follow up with you to check if you had a chance to submit the scenario to the Ideas forum.

Regards,

B Manikanteswara Reddy

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Robert-Stefan, 

You’re running into a current limitation of the Goal (Preview) / Metrics visual in Power BI Desktop. As of Sep 22, 2025, the visual is a thin viewer over Metrics and doesn’t expose a property to limit the history window (for example, to the last 12 months), and it doesn’t respect report filters/DAX to change what the Metrics visual shows. This is expected for the preview visual. See Microsoft’s overview of Metrics/Scorecards and the preview visual notes: Get started with Metrics, Create scorecards and metrics, and the preview announcement noting limited cross-filtering: Metric visual (preview) blog.

Quick solution

If you need a 12-month window in your report, don’t rely on the Goal (Preview) visual for that slice. Instead, build a standard visual from data and filter it to the last 12 months, and keep the Goal visual purely for status/owner/target.

Feature ask
If you want a first-class “Time window” setting on the Goal visual (for example, Last N months), consider posting or upvoting it in Fabric Ideas so the product team can prioritize it.

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