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Power BI User on 20 Aug 2015 23:29:33

What about adding input fields to the dashboard widgets. Kind of like the text field but it is enabled for user input. This input field can be used in new column and new measure fields so that once the dashboard is set up the user can easily (without filtering) explore the data by entering different values such as if you had an input box for unit price. Then if you change it all the charts of total sales, revenue, etc. Will update to reflect what would happen if you increase the price by 10%. This will enable people to quickly and easily interrogate the data

Administrator on 25 Jul 2020 23:46:00

Hi everyone. This is something we'd like to get to in the future but don't have any plans for at the moment.

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e0c2e491 186a-425e-9d48-a9e027d3ef53 on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:05

RE: input fields

Oh aye, this would be dead good!

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5c7fa086 62a4-4e25-b13c-d6f107d155fd on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:45

RE: input fields

Yes Please!
I am working on dashboards to report on the learning progress for Neural Networks in Azure ML and it would be very handy to have userform level input fields.

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2387057d 0f30-4732-b039-e638e3736ec3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:30

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Any idea when this will be implemented?

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2387057d 0f30-4732-b039-e638e3736ec3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:29

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Indeed would be super useful for what-if analysis!

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6e6f9d22 82e1-4289-87f0-29f52b2fa34e on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:14

RE: input fields

Very Important and much needed functionality. Any idea if in near future we will hear about this

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a239709d 65dc-4c6e-9228-9e670dde9996 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:47

RE: input fields

Here at the company that I work in, we need this resource a lot.
Extremely necessary

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8405e918 f428-438d-881b-6f0ae30f94b5 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:22

RE: input fields

Yes this is absolutely required! This is where PowerBI falls short of Qlik Sense, Qlik View, and Tableau.

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7fb21bed ffb3-4067-8726-5b22eed08ce6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:08

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Never mind text fields, a simple numeric input field would absolutely amazing... Where the report user can pick whatever cut-off or value they want....

I've been doing all these work arounds by defining different value ranges then putting them in different slicers... Which is my attempt to predict what different cutoffs or values the user would likely pick...

Adding this ability would enhance the effectiveness of the "what if" scenario analysis/data exploratory tool that can be done in Power BI Reports

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604336ed 27eb-4e69-90b8-125bc3099b39 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:35

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We need this feature if we want to address the problem of slicers not working across multiple reports.

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35dd7a9a bb3b-458d-8556-0f57b2c05319 on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:04

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Absolutely endorsing this one.