Measure Dynamic formatting doesn't work in reports connected to PBI dataset

Hello! I used Dynamic formatting for measures and it worked fine as long as the report was in the same file as a dataset. But now we need to create separate PBI reports and connect them to the ...

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Anonymous

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2 years ago

Hi ERD ,

It's a known limitation，Dynamic format strings for measures are only for model measures. Report measures that can be added to a live connect report can't have dynamic format strings for measures.

Create dynamic format strings for measures in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best regards.
Community Support Team_ Caitlyn

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