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I am currently trying to port a PowerBI visual from API Version 1.0.0 to Version 1.1.0.
I am creating a Visual with a matrix as a dataView. To this point my Visual works. But when I try to check if a have a valueSource for my matrix, I get returned by calling console.error(dataView.matrix.valueSources.length = 0), that: dataView.matrix.valueSources.length = 0.
In a converter Method, I'm trying to iterate over my valueSources and for each valueSource I try call addTreeChildrenValues() and then push my columns.
public update(options: powerbi.extensibility.visual.VisualUpdateOptions) {
var dataView = this.dataView = options.dataViews[0];
var viewModel: FormattedColumnsViewModel = FormattedColumnsVisual.converter(dataView);
...
}
public static converter(dataView: DataView): FormattedColumnsViewModel {
for (var i = 0; i < dataView.matrix.valueSources.length; i++) {
FormattedColumnsVisual.addTreeChildrenValues(values, dataView.matrix.rows.root.children, i);
columns.push({ headerCaption: dataView.matrix.valueSources[i].displayName,
values: values,
formatOption: formatOption,
showNumbers: showNumbers,
width: width,
leftMargin: leftMargin,
usableWidth: usableWidth,
fullRange: fullRange,
zeroPosition: zeroPosition,
formatter: formatter });
}My question is:
Capabalities.json (part of it):
{ "dataRoles": [ { "name": "Category", "kind": 0, "displayName": "Category" }, { "name": "Column", "kind": 1, "displayName": "Value" } ], "dataViewMappings": [ { "matrix": { "rows": { "select": [ { "for": { "in": "Category" } } ], "dataReductionAlgorithm": { "top": { } } }, "values": { "for": {"in": "Column"} } } } ]
The default API version for new visuals has been changed to 1.2.0. You may check the capabilities JSON schema at https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/blob/master/templates/visuals/.api/v1.2.0/schema..... For tips about debugging your custom visual, see the debugging guide.
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