passing parameters

[vamsikrishna140]

Is it possible for the end user (who is accessing the report ) to pass parameters in the report so that the source ( web api) changes ?

if yes could you please share a tutorial or document to refer  

[ibarrau]

Hi! PowerBi won't let end users to write data at the reports. You can't just change a value to change the API source. The way it usually works is loading all those possible values of the API as a big dataset and give the user a slicer to filter the data so that the values change.

If the users are intermediate users that might know somethings about power bi and have permissions, you can use parameters to change the source of the dataset, but that will change it for any user viewing the report. So be carefull, this feature can help changing the source, but you shouldn't change it very often because it will confuse many users. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-parameters

I hope that helps,

[vamsikrishna140]

Thanks for the above !! lets say i know all the parameters so i created a spread sheet and loaded that as a data set. now i have created a paramater with that data set. so, now let say i attached a filter visualization in the report page and used this data. now is there a way i can map this like if the user checked on a  particular parameter the data refreshes accourdingly 

[ibarrau · Accepted solution]

You can't map if the user checked on a particular parameter.
You can load all the data and help them filter instead of running a query each time they click on something. That would be like building a small set to answer the user questions. 

Regards,