In PBI Desktop, you can set up a parameter to accept values from a list. When using this type of parameter, you can set all the options to be added to the list, which is easy because you see the options. Then this parameter can be used in many different options, from setting up the data source to values in filters and even conditional structures in the M code.
The problem is that this list isn't shown in the semantic model settings after it's published to Power BI Service. After the PBIX file is published, the parameter value can be changed, but it doesn't show a list of the possible values, instead it uses a free text box.
I was checking the "Parameter Rules" feature in Deployment Pipelines and it has the ideal experience for parameters: It has a dropdown list with all the values that were configured in Power BI Desktop and also the option "other", which allows user to add any other value that they want.
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