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How to set Yesterdays date as default value in date slicer?

Hi all , 
i have a date slicer in my report , i want to show the yesterday date as default value when we land on the report.
Can you help me how this can be done.

 

I am using direct query metho

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@Anonymous Right, so you would set the slicer to "Yesterday" and save it. Publish it, now Yesterday should be the default for the report.



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@Anonymous So, a lot of people solve this by adding a column like:

 

 

Column = 
  VAR __Yesterday = TODAY() - 1
RETURN
  IF([Date] = __Yesterday,"Yesterday",[Date] & "")

 

 

You use this column in your slicer, set it to Yesterday, save and publish. 



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Hi @Greg_Deckler ,
Thanks for replying this is working but i have to show the yesterday's date when we land on the report.

@Anonymous Right, so you would set the slicer to "Yesterday" and save it. Publish it, now Yesterday should be the default for the report.



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