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Shortcut to a document in Power BI Service

Hello,   For our migration from SSRS to PowerBI, i'm trying to create a shortcut to a document in PowerBI. Is it possible ?   In SSRS, they created shortcuts with differents defaults values for e...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi Anonymous  ,
    If you are trying to assign a default value to your parameter in report builder,
    Right click on specific parameter and click on parameter properties

     



    In Report parameter properties you will find the option to assign a default value.

    If you want to do the same in service you will only be able to do that if the report has semantic model attached to it.

     


    By clicking on  epsilon( three dots) beside the semantic model, click on manage settings next, you will be redirected to the above page where you can add default value to your parameter.

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1 year ago

Argh my bad, I was talking about a PowerBI Report Builder document and not a PowerBI report.

 

For example, I want a document A in a workspace 1 to be also in workspace 2 with a different default value. It will facilitate the maintenance of the document.

 

     - Is it possible to do that shortcut ?

     - And then update the default value for the document in the workspace 2 ?

 

Cordially.

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Poojara_D12
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1 year ago

Hi Anonymous 

To achieve this with Power BI Report Builder documents (RDL files):

  1. Publish the same report to multiple workspaces.
  2. Use parameters in the report for values that can change.
  3. Manually set different default parameter values in each workspace after publishing.
  4. For easier maintenance, update the report in one workspace, then re-upload it to others with the new parameter defaults.

There's no automatic shortcut, but parameters help manage different default values for the same report in multiple workspaces.

 

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    1 year ago

    Thanks for your answer Poojara_D12 ! I get it.
    I have tried to manage the parameter value on Power BI Service, but I cannot find this view, could you show me a screenshot or tell me where I can find it please ?

    Cordially

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      1 year ago

      Hi Anonymous  ,
      If you are trying to assign a default value to your parameter in report builder,
      Right click on specific parameter and click on parameter properties

       



      In Report parameter properties you will find the option to assign a default value.

      If you want to do the same in service you will only be able to do that if the report has semantic model attached to it.

       


      By clicking on  epsilon( three dots) beside the semantic model, click on manage settings next, you will be redirected to the above page where you can add default value to your parameter.

      Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution, this will help others!

      If my response(s) assisted you in any way, don't forget to give "Kudos"

      Thanks and Regards