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Unable to getSlicerState from Tuple Slicer (Uncaught TypeError)
Hello, i am trying to get the SlicerState from a Tuple-Slicer so that i can store the user-selection. when child elements are selected and also top/fahter-level elements (check screenshot) th...
Hi Muesli
Looks like the native hierarchy slicer is not supported for use with 'GetSlicerState' yet.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/SlicersI am not aware of any workaround - so you might have to settle for another slicer type.
Cheers, Matt
For some reason, it does return tuple in rare occassion. But this is not consistent, usually it throws the error...
Below is the result of getSlicerState() that I sometimes get...
state: {
filters: [
{"$schema":"http://powerbi.com/product/schema#tuple","filterType":6,"operator":"In","target":[{"column":"FinancialYear","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"},{"column":"FinancialYearPeriod","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"}],"values":[[{"value":"2021"},{"value":"2021-P01"}],[{"value":"2021"},{"value":"2021-P02"}]]}
],
targets: [
{"column":"FinancialYear","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"}
]
},
Additional links:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/getSlicerState-error/idc-p/1692319#M64661
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/overview/powerbi/control-report-slicers#limitations
Once I have more info, I 'll let you know.