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Smartin4
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Power BI Report Builder Parameters Type mismatch error

Hello, 

I'm building a paginated report on Power BI Report builder using an SSAS cube as my data source. I'm having issues with some of my parameters. If I select ALL or just one value I don't get an error, but when I select two or more values it throws me the following error: 


The following system error occurred: Type mismatch.
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Query execution failed for dataset 'TransactionsX'.
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An error has occurred during report processing.
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An error occurred during local report processing.

 

Has anyone else experienced this issue? I've been looking all over the place and I can't find a solution. 

Thank you, 

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d_gosbell
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This is most likely caused by the fact that multiple  selections in parameters get passed as an array of values and the query engine expects a parameter to be passed as a string.

 

There are a couple of solutions to this, the simplest is using the PATHCONTAINS technique here:

https://prologika.com/ssrs-multivalue-parameters-in-dax/

 

But PATHCONTAINS is not the best for performance, the following solution involves more code, but produces faster queries:

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2018/05/16/a-new-approach-to-handling-ssrs-multi-valued-parameters-in-d...

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lujii
Regular Visitor

Hi,

how can i amend my query , i didn't know  https://www.rapidtables.com/tools/notepad.html 

d_gosbell
Super User
Super User

This is most likely caused by the fact that multiple  selections in parameters get passed as an array of values and the query engine expects a parameter to be passed as a string.

 

There are a couple of solutions to this, the simplest is using the PATHCONTAINS technique here:

https://prologika.com/ssrs-multivalue-parameters-in-dax/

 

But PATHCONTAINS is not the best for performance, the following solution involves more code, but produces faster queries:

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2018/05/16/a-new-approach-to-handling-ssrs-multi-valued-parameters-in-d...

Hi,

how can i amend my query , i didn't know  can anyone help me im facing the same Smartin4 issue with my parameters

 https://www.rapidtables.com/tools/notepad.html 

Thank you! I modified the filter expression and added the PATHCONTAINS and this worked! 

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