Power Bi Kpi Visual Shows Blank

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Power bi kpi visual shows blank.

The steps and illustrations in this article are from power bi desktop. A key performance indicator kpi is a visual cue that communicates the amount of progress made toward a measurable goal. My dashboard showed blank as the value in a card visualization when i really wanted to see 0. This does not seem to be a data type issue.

Returning a value instead of blank means that in a visual with an axis table matrix column bar charts etc if for a combination there is no data still the visual will show that with zero as a result. But when i change my end date to any date from january 2017 kpi visual starts me showing goal as blank and. If it can t find any occurrences it returns blank resulting in the kpi picture at the top. The measure that is being displayed in the kpi is a monthly average of several of the distinctcount measures displayed on the right.

Download the sample power bi report here. Download sample power bi file. Is there a best practice to deal with this or a simple way to adjust this. Value 0 97 0 97.

A good way to visualize this scenario is to add the kpi measure and goal to a table with the same filters as the kpi visual. I ve got a card visual which is just showing a count of how many items match my filter. It s now time to fill the visual with information. Here is my current solution.

How can i make it show 0 instead please. Kasper langmann co founder of spreadsheeto. The kpi measure will display blank when it evaluates to blank and the kpi goal is not blank. These visuals can be created and viewed in both power bi desktop and the power bi service.

One of them calculates some percentage the other one just uses a simple formular to calculate a fixed target. To start click the kpi icon on the visualizations pane. The card is calling on a measure th. A blank kpi visual will appear on the canvas.

Hi i am working on a dashboard in which i am trying to implement a kpi visual for current period vs previous period values. It works great when there are items matching but if nothing matches it shows blank. Hello team i am facing issues with power kpi custom visual trend lines are showing blank in power bi desktop and working in power bi service. The visual works correct for the end date upto 31st december 2016.

Here is an example. I know this is a common problem and that people solve it by either doing the following.