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dlsamuel
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Smart Card Text Not Filling Box Completely Issue

On the right I have a smart card with data (notes) being pulled. However, it has this big empty box at the bottom. There's more data but it trails... . If I make the box bigger, it continues to add more lines.

 

Is there a way I can make this bottom box smaller? I already changed the padding to be "narrow" but that didn't fix it completely. 

 

If there was an option to make it scrollable that would also be incredible though not strictly necessary. Just hoping anyone might be able to help me out here!

 

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Anonymous
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Hi, @dlsamuel 

You can resize by selecting and dragging any of the size control points. 

Add text boxes, shapes, and smart narrative visuals to Power BI reports - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

You can resize by selecting and dragging any of the size control points. Additionally, you should make sure that text wrapping is enabled and properly configured to allow text to take up space efficiently. This may help reduce white space by allowing more text to be accommodated. You can click on the links below for more detailed information to see if it may be helpful to you:

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Create smart narrative summaries - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

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Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

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Hi, I was hoping to use the card as it just needs to read the data from the selection on an interative map.

 

So as somebody selects a location, they can see the notes about it.

 

I tried select as you showed but this just adjusts the size of the card, rather than filling it up completely.

 

I do already have WordWrap enabled.

Anonymous
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Hi, @dlsamuel 

Thank you very much for your reply. Is it possible to fill your text box as much as possible by adjusting the font size in your Smart Narrative? This is an alternative workaround.

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With the combination of font tweaks and Smart Narrative, there should be an improvement, which is currently possible.

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

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

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