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Anonymous
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Text Box That Interacts with dataset

Hello,

 

I believe i know the answer to this already, but has anyone successfully used a variable text box so that a user can input a multiplier and have the data below interact with the user input?

 

Example would be, Lets say you have a use case where you want to figure out how many units to sell to cover X number of weeks of forecast.  So end user could say "I want to sell customer 10 weeks of sales" and input "10" into a text box, and have the visual below multiple by that many.  Here is an example in excel;

 

User is saying they want to sell 10 weeks of inventory for every customer below.  A simple recommendation is spit out below

 

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Raptor
Helper I
Helper I

@Anonymous: I think there even was a useful video from "Guy in a Cube" on Youtube about this mattern. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to find it right now. In case I find it later on, I will update my post.

V-lianl-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Refer to what @amitchandak  said, and then create a measure:

Measure = AVERAGE('Table'[AVG])*Parameter[Parameter Value]

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , I think you need to use what if parameter

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-if

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