Passing filter selected value to paramater

[Anonymous]

Hi, Gurus!
Sorry if this question was somewhere in forum, but i still didn't find the answer.

I have pDate parameter based on Date query values and FactTable that i want to filter by parameter pDate.

In Power BI i create two elements:

• filter based on Date column from query Date
• table with columns from FactTable

I would like to pass values selected in filter to my paramter pDate instead of selecting Manage Parameters menu and changing the values there.

My task is to reduce the output data from the database query and provide the user with a convenient filtering tool
I'm connected using Direct Query

Thanks, Egor

[dax · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You said that you want to use parameter in report, visual or page filter, right? But this is not suppported currently. If you want to use parameter to filter it , you could click "edit parameters" , then change it and apply changes like below

Or you also could achieve this by in design or DAX level instead of Power Query. You could try to create relationship between date table and fact table, then use date table in slicer , which could also filter data in fact table.

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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[Mariusz]

Hi @Anonymous 

Direct Query includes filter context, so you don't need to pass any parameters.

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Mariusz

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[Anonymous]

@Mariusz thank you for feedback! 

You mean that the query goes to database include filter what i choose on sheet?
We can't check it because power bi don't have any profiler on his side, in our database side we can't check it too.

Thanks, Egor

[Mariusz]

Hi @Anonymous 

I think DAX studio can do it:

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/analyze-directquery-requests-using-dax-studio/

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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