Default State For Between Date slicers

[rahul_verma77]

Hi All,

I got a new requirement where-in when ever I open my POWER BI report in the service, the date slicer should be in today i.e both start Date and end Date should point only to today.

Right now as I can see POWER BI by default goes to the last used date by the last user.

Can we do something in desktop or is it by default like even the pages go to the last used/viewed page only 

@PowerBI 

Thanks

[v-yohua-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @rahul_verma77 

In addition to IBendlin's approach, you might also take advantage of the Relative Date Slicer feature in Power BI, which dynamically adjusts to always include the day's data.

In Power BI Desktop, create a slicer visual in your report and select a date field for the Field value.
Select the slicer, and then in the Format pane, under Visual > Slicer Settings >Options, change the Style to Relative Date.

Configure the slicer to display "This" and select "Days" as the date measure. This setting will ensure that the slicer defaults to today's date and updates dynamically every day.

For more detailed instructions on setting up a relative date slicer, please refer to the official documentation:

Create a relative date slicer or filter in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

The relative date slicer is automatically updated to include only the data for the current day, ensuring that the solution is dynamic. This means that every time you open or refresh a report in the Power BI service, the slicer will default to today's date without any manual intervention.

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[rahul_verma77]

Yes , this would definetly work but in my case I am not restricting date to be in last n numbers hence this would not be useful , also when we open the report this will show last used date rather than pointing the entire report to yesterday 

[rahul_verma77]

Thanks for the suggestion,will look into this .

But is this solution permanent and can it be dynamic? like everyday the url changes to yesterday's date

[lbendlin]

Can be dynamic.  You might even be able to do that in ODATA directly.  Might - as the Report URL only implements a subset of ODATA.

[rahul_verma77]

Great , 

Can we have something in the service  or desktop itself where its visible as soon as the end users open teh report rather than doing changes in the URL. 

[lbendlin]

Please refer to my first comment.  Not recommended.

[lbendlin]

The cruel way to do that would be to not allow report users to store their filter choices.  Very much not recommended.

One alternative is to use a  Report URL filter. You would have to check how that impacts the user experience.