Skip to main content

Power BI

Needs Votes

URL filter report field that has a space

Vote (98) Share
Greg Galloway's profile image

Greg Galloway on 15 May 2016 10:11:03

There is currently a limitation that you can't URL parameter filter on a field or a table with a space in the name. Please fix this.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/URL-parameter-to-filter-report-on-a-field-with-spaces/m-p/34891#M8603

Comments (30)
Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Lukas Petro on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:22

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

need this functionality

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:25:51

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

HUGE need for this.

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Raynald on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:26

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

with accents too (for names in french by example)

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:58

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

Seems like the effort to reward ratio would make this issue worth prioritizing. It is one of those "egg on your face" kind of bugs. In reality, however, as great of potential as Power BI has, it has a lot of these kinds of issues.

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

David Parsons on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:58

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

Will this be fixed? We'll need to look at other BI solutions otherwise

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Magnus W. on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:27

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

We solved this issue back in 2009 when we used parameterized url's in order to jump from sharepoint dashboards over to detailed SSRS reports and also to BO-reports.
Which means that you had support for this already 10 yrs ago.

It's more than an issue, the guys in the Tableau team are cheering . It might in some cases become a showstopper for Power-BI.

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Dave Herman on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:26

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

This is really unacceptable. You allow parameters in the URL so long as there are no spaces in the dimension or attributes names? Who dropped the ball on this one. You obviously recognize the need for parameters because you allow them. But you expect the naming conventions within tabular models to have no space breaks? Do you realize how obtuse this sounds? Moreover you released a "Manage Parameters" feature in April, but it is not applicable to a Tabular data source.

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:35

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

Lame bug, fix please

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:04

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

I hope this gets fixed soon. Nobody wants to see underscores in their report visualizations.

Greg Galloway's profile image Profile Picture

Josh Flory on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:03

RE: URL filter report field that has a space

When will this be fixed? This effectively makes the URL filter option useless...