RhysSchmidtke https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rhysschmidtke/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:51:50 GMT en-US hourly 1 Dynamically filtering to the current month/year https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rhysschmidtke/dynamically-filtering-to-the-current-monthyear Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:41:35 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rhysschmidtke/2014/03/31/dynamically-filtering-to-the-current-monthyear/ Need to ensure a Power View report dynamically filters to the current month or year? One option is to add 'Current month' and 'Current year' calculated columns in Power Pivot which will update each time the model is refreshed

 

 

Then when visualizing with Power View just filter the data to the 'Current month'. The values for Current month will be updated whenever the data is refreshed - while will probably be regularly if you want to track a rolling window!

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Hyperlinks in Power View https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rhysschmidtke/hyperlinks-in-power-view Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:35:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rhysschmidtke/2014/03/31/hyperlinks-in-power-view/ Looking to show hyperlinks in Power View tables? The trick is to make sure a field is categorized as "Web URL" in Power Pivot.

 

 

Fields categorized as URL will appear as hyperlinks when used in Power View tables and matrixs. One caveat however - URLs must start with https:// or www. before they will be formatted as links.

 

 

]]> Adding images to Power View https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rhysschmidtke/adding-images-to-power-view Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:02:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rhysschmidtke/2013/12/17/adding-images-to-power-view/
  • Make that Power View report pop and add a little visual touch by adding images to your data! To get started add links to the images you want to use in your data source - the steps are similar for Power View in Excel and Power View standalone.

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    Then under the 'Advanced' tab in Power Pivot set the 'Data Category' of the field containing the image links to 'Image URL'.

     

     

    From this point Power View will download and display the linked images when the field is used. Check images out with tiles and slicers.

     

     

     

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    Tips

    •  Stick to PNGs and JPEGs . Gifs & vector images are not supported.
    • Images need to be able to be accessed anonymously.

     

     

    ]]>         Add Power View filters to a report URL https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rhysschmidtke/add-power-view-filters-to-a-report-url Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:03:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rhysschmidtke/2013/12/09/add-power-view-filters-to-a-report-url/

    Need to filter an existing Power View report by a user’s location or restrict new reports to the current month? Filters in Power View can now be pinned and applied to an entire report. Pinned filters can also be specified in the URL when opening or creating a report - to get started open an existing report and add a new filter condition to the URL using the format

    &rf=[Table Name].[Field Name] eq 'Value'

    Multiple filters can be created by chaining together filter conditions. A report on Box Office performance could be filtered to just Comedies released in 2004 with a URL like

    &rf=[Media].[Genre] eq 'Comedy'&rf=[Media].[Release Year] eq 2004

     

     

     

    Data types

    Filters can be specified on string, numeric, date and Boolean fields. Currently only ‘equals’ filter conditions are supported.

    String

    &rf=[City].[Name] eq 'Sydney'

    Numeric

    &rf=[Time].[Year] eq 2013

    &rf=[Sale].[Price] eq 19.99

    Date

    &rf=[Sale].[Date] eq datetime'2013-02-25'

    &rf=[Sale].[Date] eq datetime'2013-02-25T12:34'

    &rf=[Sale].[Date] eq datetime'2013-02-25T12:34:17.0001'

    Boolean

    &rf=[Resource].[Active] eq true

    Blank or null values

    &rf=[Something].[Else] eq null

     

    Escaping characters

    Some web browsers handle URL parameters containing UTF-8 characters in funky ways. If passing non-ASCII values be safe and URL encode. Convert

    &rf=[Region].[State Province] eq '河南'

    Into

    &rf=[Region].[State Province] eq '%E6%B2%B3%E5%8D%97'

    Use double '' to escape quotes

    &rf=[Region].[City Name] eq 'O''Fallon'

     

    Existing filters

    Filters added via the report URL will replace any existing pinned filters on the same field.

     

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