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Anonymous
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URGENT!!!!! Power BI- Integer User Input using what if parameter- Behaves abnormally for large user

Hi Team,

 

I am working on a project. The project is almost completed except that I am stuck at getting the user input for large values.

 

The detailed explanation of the problem-

I created a new parameter with Minimum=1, Maximum=5000(large value), Increment=1 for the user input. Now when the user enters a value as 4500, the value automatically changes into some other number like 4495(random number). 

 

I created another parameter with Maximum value=50. At that time I faced no issues. The user input was read correctly.

 

I googled about this issue. Other users have aslo faced similar issue. I tried the solution mentioned in the blog. It did not work.

 

Link- Other users also faced same issue

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/GENERATESERIES-not-selecting-certain-number-in-the-range/m-...

 

 

Kindly look into the issue and let me know how to get user input for large values. 

 

Thank You in advance!

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

This is because parameters can only be used with value ranges between 0 and 1,000. For ranges greater than 1,000, the parameter value will be sampled.

For more details, you can read related document:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-what-if#considerations-and-limita...

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/What-If-Parameters-Rounding-Crazy/td-p/993836

Please  try creating the table in M, that should work fine:

let
    Source = {1..5000},
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(Source, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Converted to Table",{{"Column1", "Parameter"}}),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Parameter", Int64.Type}})
in
    #"Changed Type"

Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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