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haritools
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User Text input in Text box

Hi

 

How to create a User Text Input in Textbox

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Need only to do with PowerBI without switching any other application.

 

Thanks 

Hari

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Ritaf1983
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Hi  @haritools 
what is the purpose of the text box?
If to filter the report you can use the slicer :

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if to write back to the database please refer to the linked video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2jJyH4Eu0

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

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi  @haritools 
what is the purpose of the text box?
If to filter the report you can use the slicer :

Ritaf1983_0-1718969072198.png

if to write back to the database please refer to the linked video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2jJyH4Eu0

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

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

Hi 

Thanks for the reply,

I am creating a kind of calculator, in this user need to add some text only for the reference. It not going to use any functionally.

For examle Name entry, Place entry etc.

 

Thanks in advance if I get a better sollution.

Hi @haritools 

I'm having trouble understanding how non-functionality and reference can fit together in the same sentence.

In my view, a reference is inherently functional because if it refers to entered text, it's there to do something, influence a specific calculation, serve as a parameter, and so on. And then the text box is slicer...as I mentioned in my previous response.

In any case, there's no such thing as a plain text box for user input.

My answer remains unchanged.

You can use a search slicer, refer it to an empty table, and call it a text box since it will never find anything.

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

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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