what if parameter - item limitation

[Anonymous]

I have a what if parameter with value from 1 to 8,000 with interval value set to 1. The visual is set to display single value. When I type in certain value within the range, it sometimes took it as is, but other time will change to a different number on it's own. I saw some posts that other people experience the same issue as I have, and the fix still not out yet. Does any one if there is a limit for this? I am now to lower the upper range and increse the interval value, but it's kind of "try and error" approach which still don't know if what combination may\may not to work. Also, to change the visual to other display method (drop down or list, etc..) is not acceptable to our users.

Thanks for your help!

Wenchi

[v-diye-msft]

Hi @Anonymous 

Based on my research , it’s a limitation of what-if parameter when your number range is larger than 1000. there’s no solution to fix the limitation currently, for more details, please check this case.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/what-if-parameter/td-p/353262

BTW,you can vote the idea here to help bring the feature coming soon:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/32797822-what-if-parameter-slicer-limitations

Alternatively, you can split your number  range into several What-if parameters and multiply them as below:

I broke the number range 1-2000 to 1-200 by interval 1 and 1-10 by interval 1, if you’d like to get the measure of column2*1999, the formula could be like this:

Measure = MAX([Column2])*Parameter[Parameter Value]*10+MAX([Column2])*'Parameter 2'[Parameter Value 2]

Best regards,

Dina Ye

[Anonymous]

thanks Dina. I cast my vote and with the current vote count, I don't think the fix will come out any time soon. Your workaround can't be applied to our current report since we have 14 what if parameters already. I really don't have to much room to add more parameters and it's really difficult to work if we have a wide range of value. I've also vote to have input box available in PBI and that might help me to solve the problem. Wenchi