Keep cards blank by default when nothing is selected in Word Cloud

[powerbirookiee]

Hi everyone

I used Word Cloud visual to show the top 5 trending keywords and would like to use Card visual to show the description of each keyword when clicked. 

When nothing is selected from Word Cloud, I want the cards visual to be blank by default. However, I'm having a hard time fixing this since the only options I have for Card Visual is First, Last, Count and Count (Distinct). In my case, card visual automatically shows the first keyword in the database (which is not included in the Top results in Word Cloud). 

Tried to use conditional formatting but it's not applicable since all values are text values, no numerical values. Would really appreciate if you have other easier alternatives to present the description aside from the card visual. 

Thank you so much! 

[v-henryk-mstf · Accepted solution]

Hi @powerbirookiee ,

After testing, similar functionality can be achieved in the normal card visual with the SELECTEDVALUE function. However, Word Cloud visual does not support it for the time being.

in Word Cloud, no reflection.

If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.

Best Regards,
Henry

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[danextian]

Hi @powerbirookiee,

Instead of just using a column/field in a visual and choose from the limited options to show which value to show, try using a measure instead.

Example

Selected Item =
SELECTEDVALUE ( Data[Item], "" )
//to show a blank white space if no single value is selected or the filter context doesn't return a single Data[Item] value