Epic idea: Apply filter selections automatically

[Miguel_Myers]

Imagine a world where report creators can automatically apply slicer and filter selections based on specific logic, revolutionizing data analysis and user experience. This innovative approach eliminates any need for complex workarounds, optimizes slicer functionality, and paves the way for more efficient and effective data reporting.

[cristina_vega_r]

Hello, in my case it is necessary a time slicer that shows all the data of the historical table, but that select only the last week. In this way, users can expand and move around different dates of the history even if the last temporary information is displayed. Thank you.

[Ohene]

Admin you are missing the point , i think what most of us want here (at least what i want) is to have a filter prompt before data is displayed on a page. I need the filter to require a selection before any data can be displayed on that page. I hope you understand

[james_marshall1]

There's a few really important fundamental features that Power BI is missing and this is one of them. Seriously, this should be a no-brainer. Like everyone else has said, just implement what the SSRS team has already spent years refining to get right. Failing that, please see Tableau for how this can be done nicely.

[gjohnson900]

We're deploying this report to dozens of customers who'll each have different values in the drop-down in question. Since the items will be different, I can't hardcode anything. Instead, I'd like the default selected values in the pull down to be dictated by another field in that table (I'm currently passing in a RANK () value from SQL). If this other field has certain characteristics (<= 5 for example), initiate the report with those items selected in the drop down and no others. My Sankey chart is too noisey otherwise.

[sharanw]

Hi Will - one of the scenarios is where you want the default to be set to a value of a measure. In my case, we have a custom calendar and, for most of the reports we need to default to the end of last period (which is a measure). Ideally I want a Before date slicer where I can set the end date to default to the value of this measure. The user should be able to select another date if they choose but I want the default to be in place. I can't use the relative filter since my calendar is custom (4-4-5) so I'm using multiple measures to establish these relative periods. I'm experimenting with creating a new column which will hold the date of "EndofLastPeriod" however, so far, this doesn't allow me to use my measures to create the column so I can't use this as a slicer. I have my doubts whether it would work as any text would make the field not a Date type and therefore I couldn't use the slicer as needed. Hopefully this will give you a scenario that would suit a default filter 🙂

[rohan_virmani]

Please add this feature

[dominic_godfre2]

We need a slicer to default to the first available value it can find. This is necessary when deploying a report to hundreds of customers with row level security on the dataset

[gpwang]

This is much needed.

[caloriematebloc]

I just need the most recent date selected on refresh. It looks like...yes I can probably create a work around using measures and a second filter. But that option is lengthy and just confuses users. Please just make this a simple option. Also, no - relative filters aren't appealing to my users.

[dennis_e_yost]

We need a slicer that can be adjusted to the logged-in person. We are deploying power BI to many customers each with different default requirements. What is available for one customers may not be a selection for another. There is no one selection that meets all customer requirements. Need to default to at least one valid selection for the customer coming into the power bi workbook. "All" is not an option since the data set is two large and also cause an error.