Issue: Built-in slicer randomly changes from dropdown to list in PBI service

I have report where mulitple slicers are created on different pages with same fields, using built-in slicer in Power BI Desktop. The type is set to 'dropdown' from slicer header. This reflects correc...

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nudsgn

Regular Visitor

6 years ago

I have the same issue as well. I have a 12 page report, with 5 or so dropdown slicers as filters. In the pbi app on iOS and on the web, the slicers change from dropdown to list. Clicking reset in the browser used to fix the issue. As of this week, I have had to hit reset for every page now in iOS App.. I am noticing the issue on all standard dropdown slicers that do not have the search feature turned on.

The slicers appear as dropdowns as designed in the PBI Desktop App though.

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