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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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eddb509e abe8-4e60-947f-ca121531fbdb on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:28

RE: input fields

It's about time Power BI has this important feature. Thanks.

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550467ab 1e49-46de-a9dd-1297198e6d40 on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:10

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Seriously limiting what we can do as a organisation, please add

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d04ae6a9 85cf-4167-a22d-981d80905b7a on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:06

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Any updates on it?

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9eb31507 1e2a-4277-9965-cf0708ee429b on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:33

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We have got so many applications that this would be useful for. It would be great to get this functionality introduced soon

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4ed53980 2e4b-4328-85d0-ece98887c9fd on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:27

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Will be very useful to have

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96e87d09 2f01-48f5-b54d-47098ea69c8d on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:22

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Highly useful !!

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4d85f2d1 8730-454a-ac6a-89eec0ab476b on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:46

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I have several SSRS reports that use input fields. I've been asked to convert these reports to Power BI. Without the user input fields this is going to be difficult and I will also need to redesign how the reports work.
Any idea if this is being considered for Power BI or is this an unrealistic hope.

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bea6796d e006-47da-ad44-a01aff045306 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:44

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This would be extremely helpful! And soon! Currently prevented from converting other work to PBI because of the difficulty involved in getting at a less than ideal solution.

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83a6a730 3500-4290-8e3a-a10b8e195bff on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:34

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This feature would enable development of a very Sophisticated modeling, reporting and user information gathering tool to fully exploit the powerful capabilities of PowerBI vs ongoing usage of Excel as the alternative. Think of adding a calculated column of user input, as well as individual fields, and then a button to activate column over rides. I have the ongoing need/application for this, and it’s only growing.

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bfa042f7 d994-4a4e-a1b7-8dd2e49fcbd4 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:10

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Unfortunately, MS seems much more focused on making reports pretty than on making the tool work in a reasonable manner!