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转角遇见你
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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:

vyajiewanmsft_1-1725418373934.png

Best regards,

Joyce

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Anonymous
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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:

vyajiewanmsft_1-1725418373934.png

Best regards,

Joyce

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

 

 

dilistimor
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Hi @转角遇见你 

you can do text box with reference value from matrix

 

dilistimor_0-1725356894009.png

 

rajendraongole1
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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

rajendraongole1_0-1725351838130.png

 

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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