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jaykayelsemicol

BUG: "Formatting options are unavailable for this visual"

Submitted by on ‎04-20-2023 12:27 PM

In Power BI Desktop I am running into an issue where I cannot format visualizations that are part of a group. When selecting the visualization in the group and navigating to the Format visual tab, no options are available and it says "Formatting options are unavailable for this visual". The only workaround is to ungroup the visualization, make formating changes, then re-group it with the other visualizations. This has been happening for the past week or two. Sometimes it will let me format visualizations in a group, but most of the time it shows the message below. 

Screenshot 2023-04-20 142404.png

Status: Investigating

Hi @jaykayelsemicol ,

I tried again and still can't reproduce the problem, also haven't found ICM reported internally. If the problem persists, I suggest you create a support ticket, it's free for pro user and a dedicated engineer will come to dig the problem for you.

 

Best regards,

Community Support Team_yanjiang

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Alo
New Member
‎09-21-2023 12:26 PM

I am experiencing this issue as soon as a formula is added to either a button, shape or text box.

 

Changing tabs or hide/unhide does not work for me. 

 

Version: 2.121.782.0 64-bit (September 2023)

SDittmannFleet
Advocate IV
Advocate IV
‎10-05-2023 06:23 AM

I have the same issue. I'm using the on-object interaction preview feature, and it is showing up intermittently, but also consistently, several times a day. It doens't matter if the visual is grouped or not.

Mike250Amused
Advocate I
Advocate I
‎10-05-2023 02:40 PM

I am not sure if I posted this earlier, but what is always working for me at present is hiding and unhiding the object from the selection pane, at which the formatting options become available again. 

SDittmannFleet
Advocate IV
Advocate IV
‎10-06-2023 09:22 AM

@Mike250Amused I'll try that out, but nobody should have to do that. I am in a report right now where it occurs constantly, and it is a PITN. I think, I'll report this separately as a bug as well.

David_Ramos
Regular Visitor
‎10-10-2023 04:51 AM

this is STILL an issue on the latest release of Power BI.

 

No matter how much you group, ungroup and move a visual up and down the layers, it remains that when the visual is clicked, the normal binding box is replaced with a light blule box and the formating options are unavailable. 

 

It seems to happen completely at random, however more so when a number of elements are on the dashboard page - the more elements - the increasing likelihood of the bug kicking in. In which case, the only recourse it to replace the visualisation from scrath - which from a designers point of view is highly irritating.

 

Could we please have an indication on when this will be fixed?

Mike250Amused
Advocate I
Advocate I
‎10-10-2023 01:49 PM

@David_Ramos completely agreed, I cannot believe it still hasn't been addressed. 

 

If you hadn't seen, what is working for me 100% of the time is hiding and then unhiding the element from the Selection pane. I want to avoid your trouble of replacing the visual.

Quiny_Harl
Advocate III
Advocate III
‎10-12-2023 02:22 AM

@v-yanjiang-msft
This bug is not only happening when the visuals are grouped. For me it happens even when they are not.

rbartles111213
Helper I
Helper I
‎10-12-2023 05:24 AM

@Mike250Amused agreed! Happens to me the same way! If I hide and unhide it, all good. 

Waiting for the fix I feel like that Spongebob episode where it is like "1 eternity later...."  🤣

mtvent
Regular Visitor
‎10-23-2023 07:03 AM

Still happening in October 2023, especially with visuals that have bookmarks that hide and unhide the visual. Incredibly frustrating and wastes a significant amount of time flipping back and forth between different pages of the report, which is the only solution I have found thus far.

talk2frank
Frequent Visitor
‎10-24-2023 08:06 AM

This bug is still present in the latest PBI Build

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