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Anonymous
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Slicer on PowerBI

Hi,

 

I am looking for a Slicer where I need to add the Search button without clicking more options as well as if I select a value, I want the data to get filtered out based on the pre-selected value just like the way it works in excel. Please let me know which visual I can use if not on Slicer.

For Ex: I have a field called Test having the list of values as 123, 256, 289,345,970

If I search 2, then it should pre-select all the values having 2 in it then show the data.

 

Thanks,

Snow

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Andreas-Harlak
Frequent Visitor

Hi @Anonymous ,

you could also use the normal Power BI Slicer for your desired procedure.

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However, the data must be in text format, you can search for texts or numbers that you first convert into a text format in Power Query. Here you then determine whether it should be multiple selections or single selections.

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I hope this will helps you, a "Like" would be great 🙂

 

Kedar_Pande
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

Use a Custom Visual (e.g., Smart Filter Pro)

Smart Filter Pro provides:
A search box with an automatic selection feature.
Automatic data filtering as soon as matching values are found.

 

💌 If this helped, a Kudos 👍 or Solution mark would be great! 🎉
Cheers,
Kedar
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Uzi2019
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Try Text Filter. it works well with text/numeric  input.

 

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and its free you dont need to purchase any further license.

 

other option is text search slicer

 

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it is also free.

 

I hope I answered your question!

 

 

Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!
Anonymous
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Hello,

 

None of the solutions are working. I want to implement the exact same way we have on excel. If I search a value and enter, it will select the values then show the result.

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Thanks,

Pbisnow

 

Anonymous
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Thanks for the reply from Tutu_in_YYC , please allow me to provide another insight: 
Hi  @Anonymous ,

 

Here are the steps you can follow:

If your table data contains only integer type data, you can use Parameters to create a 0-9 table with no join relationship as a slicer, and use CONTAINSROW() to determine whether the selected finger in the slicer is in the data:

Modeling – New Parameter – Numeric range

vyangliumsft_0-1734671708551.png

Create measure.

 

Flag =
IF(
    CONTAINSSTRING(
        MAX('NumberTable'[Number]),[Parameter Value])=TRUE(),1,0)

 

Place [Flag]in Filters, set is=1, apply filter.

vyangliumsft_1-1734671761350.png
vyangliumsft_2-1734671761352.png

If your data inside is text type, you can use custom visual - Text search slicer, this visual can fuzzy match the search box information.

vyangliumsft_3-1734671777251.png

Click on the three ellipses - Get more visuals -- Text Search Slicer

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When slicer selects A, it displays the data containing A

vyangliumsft_6-1734671808095.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Tutu_in_YYC
Super User
Super User

Try this slicer from OkViz. It should do what you want.

https://okviz.com/smart-filter/

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