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johnmelbourne's avatar
johnmelbourne
Helper V
5 years ago

Smart narrative not recognising measures

Hi,

I am trying to type a measure into the smart narrative text box and it isn't finding ANY measures.

The preview feature is enabled. I have restarted Power Bi, and when I click Value, and type anything, it is greyed out.

 

Am I missing something?

 

I have just started using Tabular editor and am thinking this may have something to do with it as this is the only thing different.

If I just create a new pbix, add some data and try it, it is fine.

 

Thoughts?

 

Need Help

10 Replies

  • SteveCampbell's avatar
    SteveCampbell
    Memorable Member
    5 years ago

    Anonymous MarkSL 

    I know this question was a while ago but for those reading now (like myself), I had the same issue and fixed by:

     

    File > Options and Settings > Options 

    [Current File] Data Load > Check the box for Create a local index so Q&A will work with your remote model

     

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      This worked for me, thank you!

    • molegris's avatar
      molegris
      Advocate IV
      4 years ago

      Hi,

      I was so happy to see your answer... but it doesn't work for me 😞

      I think it has something to do with the fact I'm connected to a Dataset.  Hence the file does not have a local copy  of the data model.  However, it is still possible to define local measures! 

       

      So yes, the narrative boxes I add can access the measures defined in the dataset but none of the local measures.  It's a real bummer! 😞

       

       

    • RKM's avatar
      RKM
      Helper IV
      4 years ago

      Hi SteveCampbell 

      Could you please suggest where do I get that option? I dont see any such check box like what you suggested. Using latest version - Version: 2.100.1401.0 64-bit (December 2021)

      File > Options and Settings > Options 

      [Current File] Data Load > Check the box for Create a local index so Q&A will work with your remote model

       

       

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi,

    I am having the same problem and I am NOT doing it on an empty page. It just does not recognize anything I write when manually setting up a value. Let me know if you got an answer to your issue please

    • MarkSL's avatar
      MarkSL
      Helper V
      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous 

       

      I am also having this issue, no measures or smart Q&A style options are being suggested.

       

      Did you find the reason or a fix?

       

      Thanks


      Mark

  • vanessafvg's avatar
    vanessafvg
    Community Champion
    5 years ago
    are you putting the smart narrative on to an empty page? how are you using it
    • johnmelbourne's avatar
      johnmelbourne
      Helper V
      5 years ago

      Yes, on an empty page, which by your question I assume it doesn't allow.

      Do you need measures associated with a specific visual on the page? Or can you use any measures on a page?

      If you have to have a related visual, and a related measure, I suppose I could add and then hide?