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paulcinoz
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Phantom Filter: visualisation indicates filter/slicers is applied; but no such filter/slicer exists

I have a tab with a 'Slicer' and a 'Table'  both showing the 'Fiscal Year' field from a DateKey table.

 

Both visuals display a partial list of the 'Fiscal Year' values defined in the table. Adding (by copy/paste) the same visual to another tab shows the correct full list. Removing and recreating the visual on this tab shows a 'filtered' list. Changing the visual type between types (slicer/table/multi-line card etc.) does not change the results.

 

When hovering over the filter icon in the top-rigth the pop-up indicates a Filter is affecting this visual. The mystery is that there are no filters or slicers defined.

 

2019-04-01 PBI phantom filter.png2019-04-01 PBI phantom filter - complete dataset.png

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At one point in the life of this report/dashboard there were 'Synced Slicers' in play, but these have all been removed or deactivated. It really feels like there is one still active but I can't find it.

 

The same behaviour is evident on each of 3 tabs that were duplicated from an original.

 

Closing and opening the files; refreshing the data have all NOT helped.

 

Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated.

 

Paul

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parry2k
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@paulcinoz can you check if there is any slicer which is not visible and that might be the root cause.

 

- goto view

- click selection pane

 

it will list everything on the page, make sure there is no slicer whcih is hidden.



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paulcinoz
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thanks ... got it in one.

I'd been to that panel but not picked the subtlety of what I was looking at ... to many visuals on the page!

parry2k
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@paulcinoz can you check if there is any slicer which is not visible and that might be the root cause.

 

- goto view

- click selection pane

 

it will list everything on the page, make sure there is no slicer whcih is hidden.



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