Unable to getSlicerState from Tuple Slicer (Uncaught TypeError)

[Muesli]

Hello,

i am trying to get the SlicerState from a Tuple-Slicer so that i can store the user-selection.

when child elements are selected and also top/fahter-level elements (check screenshot) the powerbi-client will thrown an error.

i am not able to read the current slicer state, what can i do/try?

[brnyza]

I'm getting the same error "get and set slicer state are not supported for hierarchy slicer".
PowerBI still doesn't have a workaround?

[Piloos]

Nope.  The latest news I got a few weeks ago from the Power BI support team: it is on the backlog of the product team, but no ETA can be given... 🙂

[Piloos]

For some reason, it does return tuple in rare occassion.  But this is not consistent, usually it throws the error...

Below is the result of getSlicerState() that I sometimes get...

state: {
filters: [
{"$schema":"http://powerbi.com/product/schema#tuple","filterType":6,"operator":"In","target":[{"column":"FinancialYear","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"},{"column":"FinancialYearPeriod","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"}],"values":[[{"value":"2021"},{"value":"2021-P01"}],[{"value":"2021"},{"value":"2021-P02"}]]}
], 
targets: [
{"column":"FinancialYear","table":"Fact_TransactionLines"}
]
}, 

Additional links:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/getSlicerState-error/idc-p/1692319#M64661

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/getSlicerState-not-working-for-slicers-with-hierarchy/idi-p/...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/overview/powerbi/control-report-slicers#limitations

Once I have more info, I 'll let you know.

[MattCalderwood · Accepted solution]

Hi @Muesli 

Looks like the native hierarchy slicer is not supported for use with 'GetSlicerState' yet.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Slicers

I am not aware of any workaround - so you might have to settle for another slicer type.
Cheers, Matt