Enhance Your Power BI Reports with Interactive Text Boxes

Ever wanted to show exactly what's selected in your slicers within your Power BI report? This newsletter will guide you through creating a dynamic text box that updates in real-time based on slicer selections.?

The Challenge?

Power BI doesn't inherently provide a straightforward way to display multiple slicer selections in a single location. This can be frustrating when you want to clearly communicate the current filter context to your report users.?

The Solution?

By creating a custom measure and leveraging a text box, you can elegantly overcome this challenge.?

Step-by-Step Guide:?

1. Create the Measure:?

• Build a measure that concatenates the selected values from your slicers using the SELECTEDVALUE and UNICHAR functions. This measure will form the core of your dynamic text box.?

The measure might look something like this: ?

Multi-Slicer Selection =? VAR a = ?“Country : ” & SELECTEDVALUE(Orders[ShipCountry],”All Country”)? VAR b = “City : “ & SELECTEDVALUE(Orders[ShipCity],”All City”)? VAR c = UNICHAR(10)? RETURN a ? ?

2. Add the Measure to a Text Box:?

• Place a text box on your report canvas.?
• Edit the text box properties to display the value of the measure you created in step 1.?

That's it! As you interact with your slicers, the text box will dynamically update to reflect the chosen selections.?

Benefits of This Approach?

• Clarity: Clearly communicate the current filter context to your report users.?
• Interactivity: The text box updates in real-time as slicer selections change.?
• Customization: You can modify the measure to display additional information or format the text as needed.?

By following these steps, you'll significantly enhance the user experience of your Power BI reports.?

Would you like to delve deeper into this technique? We can explore additional customization options, troubleshooting tips, or alternative methods.?

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