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ccyangdi
Microsoft Employee
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Setting default for Slicer

We are using Slicer in Power BI Desktop. The data source for the slicer is a list of existing builds, which is updated from time to time.

 

The user want the slicer to always select latest 3 builds as default.

 

Is there any way we can accomplish this?

 

Thanks,

Di

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v-gizhi-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi,

 

According to your description, i think you can not set default select for slicer, but i have a workaround.

Here is my test sample in SQL Server:

20.PNG

Then add an index column in Query Editor.

After Apply&Close, add this index as a filter to the table visual, it shows:

21.PNG

When i add data in SQL Server:

22.PNG

Click Refresh function in Power BI Destop, it shows the latest three rows:

23.PNG

If you want to filter other data, you can still use slicer after removing this Index filter.

Hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

Giotto Zhi

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v-gizhi-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi,

 

According to your description, i think you can not set default select for slicer, but i have a workaround.

Here is my test sample in SQL Server:

20.PNG

Then add an index column in Query Editor.

After Apply&Close, add this index as a filter to the table visual, it shows:

21.PNG

When i add data in SQL Server:

22.PNG

Click Refresh function in Power BI Destop, it shows the latest three rows:

23.PNG

If you want to filter other data, you can still use slicer after removing this Index filter.

Hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

Giotto Zhi

Greg_Deckler
Super User
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Well, perhaps create a Top N filter by Date or maybe create a column that does a RANKX by Date and then just filter to 1,2,3



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I am not sure if I get you correctly, are you saying to show top 3 only? We still need to show the whole list of builds for user to select.

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