Making most of Field Parameters in Power BI

Field Parameters: Applications, use-cases, and tips to excel

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Recently, Microsoft announced the public preview of field parameters in Power BI. Field parameters aim to provide an out-of-the-box feature for dynamically changing the measures and dimensions in a Power BI visual.

This article looks at a few applications and use cases of the field parameters, the challenges they address, and a few tips to make your implementation easier and data model complexity-free.

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First things first

Field parameters are in preview, and as with all things in preview, you need to enable them from the report settings. Please read the following article on steps to enable field parameters and understand how to create, use and edit them.