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omdavies
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Helper I

Values in text boxes

Hi,  when editing a report in the service it is possible to add values to a text box, however I cannot see how to do this in the Desktop version, am I missing something obvious ?

 

Cheers

 

Owen

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amitchandak
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@omdavies , In the insert tab we have a text box where you can put some static text.

For dynamic Number input, we have What if Parameter -https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-what-if

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Thanks for the reply, what I am trying to find is how you can have inline values in a text box like you can do on the service.  

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Hello.

Although the question has been a long time ago, I think what you are asking is this thing that I show on the screen:

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1.- In the text box click "+Value"

2.- Select the name of the DAX measure, in my case it was the current year = YEAR(TODAY())

3.- Select whole number in the type or the one that best suits you and you can preview the result that will show you

4.- Finally Save

I hope it serves you.

Greetings.

Hi @omdavies ,

 

Do you mean the Q&A function in Power BI Desktop?

You can refer the following screenshot to add it.

 

values1.jpg

 

Also you can configure the setting in Modeling -> Q&A setup.

 

values2.jpg

 

If you have any question, please kindly ask here and we will try to resolve it.

 

Best regards,

 

Community Support Team _ zhenbw

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