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rpinxt
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1 year ago
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Is there an easy way for user input?

Subject actually is the question.   I have a report and what we would like is the user the put in a Forecast amount somewhere (like a textbox). This number will be different every day. And the num...
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    danextian
    1 year ago

    Native slicers do not support this functionality. However, some custom visuals allow writeback, enabling users to input numbers freely, though they can be costly due to the underlying architecture. Additionally, using a slider may not be ideal, as it can become buggy with a large number of values to choose from. Instead, I would add an extra column to the numeric parameter table that converts the Value column to text, allowing the slicer’s search option to be used.