Custom Visual Object Property Integer Type Not Displaying

[riyasdeen]

Hi,

I'm putting together a custom visual, I want to have an object property of type integer, but the no control shows up when I set type to integer, control is visible when type is numeric.

I don't want decimal values for this control, it should be integers. I can parse the float back to integer in  my code but it is not a neat solution. 

Below my capabilities.json

                "defaultZoomLevel": {
                    "displayName": "Zoom Level",
                    "description": "Default Zoom level for map, should be between 0 and 28",
                    "type": {
                        "integer": true
                    }
                },

Below my settings.ts

export class ProjectionSettings {
  public defaultZoomLevel: number = 7;
}

export class VisualSettings extends DataViewObjectsParser {
  public projection: ProjectionSettings = new ProjectionSettings();
}

Properties pane draws a blank when integer = true

Shows a text control when numeric = true.

Thanks for your time and support

Riyas

[dm-p · Accepted solution]

Hi @riyasdeen,

For the properties pane to completely treat as an integer value, you need to add a validValues object matching the property name to the object instance when enumerating it. This should ensure that you get a control that will ensure whole values, or Power BI will coerce it for you so you don't have to manage it via code.

I honestly have no idea how I figured this out as it's not documented anywhere - the easiest way is to show you where I'd normally do this, so here you go.

Good luck!

Daniel

[riyasdeen]

Hi @dm-p ,

That did the trick, thanks for your help. Appreciate it.

One of those undocumented goodies.

Thanks

Riyas