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The text box for power bi desktop cannot reference a metric
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Hi @转角遇见你 , hello, dilistimor and rajendraongole1, thank you for your prompt reply!
We can reference the measure with the dynamic value of Text box as shown below:
Best regards,
Joyce
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Hi @转角遇见你 , hello, dilistimor and rajendraongole1, thank you for your prompt reply!
We can reference the measure with the dynamic value of Text box as shown below:
Best regards,
Joyce
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @转角遇见你 -You're correct that in Power BI Desktop, text boxes are not natively designed to reference measures or metrics directly.
you can add a Card visual to your report or multi card visual report
Power BI Desktop do not directly support referencing metrics, using visuals like Cards, Multi-row Cards, or custom tooltips can achieve similar functionality.
Card visualizations (large number tiles) - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Hope it helps.
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