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v-vaaga
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Can we add report level filter in power bi visuals from code (JavaScript)

Can we add report level filter in power bi visuals from code (JavaScript)

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Eric_Zhang
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@v-vaaga wrote:

Can we add report level filter in power bi visuals from code (JavaScript)


@v-vaaga

Yes.

You can check the JavaScript wiki Filters.

 

Here's a simple demo to practise.

<html>

 <script src="https://microsoft.github.io/PowerBI-JavaScript/demo/bower_components/powerbi-client/dist/powerbi.js"></script>
 <script src="https://microsoft.github.io/PowerBI-JavaScript/demo/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>  
  
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function () { 

  var  Filter = {
   $schema: "http://powerbi.com/product/schema#advanced",
  target: {
    table: "table Name",
    column: "column Name"
  },
  logicalOperator: "OR",
  conditions: [
    {
      operator: "Contains",
      value: "CN"
    },
    {
      operator: "Contains",
      value: "CO"
    }
  ]
}
 

var embedConfiguration = {
    type: 'report',
    accessToken: 'eyJ..YourTokenHere..w',
    id: 'report ID',
    embedUrl: 'yourEmbedUrlHere',

}; 
 

var $reportContainer = $('#reportContainer');
 
var report = powerbi.embed($reportContainer.get(0), embedConfiguration);
 
report.on('loaded', event => {
  report.getFilters()
    .then(filters => {
      filters.push(Filter);
      return report.setFilters(filters);
    });
});

}
</script>

<div id="reportContainer" powerbi-settings-nav-content-pane-enabled="true"   powerbi-settings-filter-pane-enabled="true"></div>

</html>

Hi @Eric_Zhang,

 

I tried your solution but when my application try to load report, it shows "The Content is not available", But when I load report using  @Html.PowerBIReportFor(m => m.Report, new { id = "pbi-report", style = "height:85vh", powerbi_access_token = Model.AccessToken }) with filter, It getting loadded.

Is I am doing something wrong?

Pleae help


@bhanupowerbi wrote:

Hi @Eric_Zhang,

 

I tried your solution but when my application try to load report, it shows "The Content is not available@", But when I load report using  @Html.PowerBIReportFor(m => m.Report, new { id = "pbi-report", style = "height:85vh", powerbi_access_token = Model.AccessToken }) with filter, It getting loadded.

Is I am doing something wrong?

Pleae help


 

"The Content is not available" is usually due to an invalid token. What do you get from the network traffic in a dev tool(F12 in Chrome).

Thanks. This approach works fine if we are embedding PowerBI visuals into our html or aspx page. 

But my requirement is to make it work in online PowerBI (msit.powerbi.com/groups/Some-Report-GUID). I have my custom visual and its corresponding JS. So there I need to add report level filter from code (JavaScript) i.e., without dragging and dropping that filter column.

@v-vaaga

I'm not aware of any way, where do you put the code?

Greg_Deckler
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Community Champion

Not to my knowledge.



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