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A deep dive on field parameters: When, how and why you should use them

Field parameters where introduced in Power BI desktop (May 2022) and in this video we will do a proper deep dive.

Table of contents:

00:00 Intro
01:00 First use case: change dimensions
02:55 Pros and cons of first use case
03:55 Second use case: change measures
06:09 Third use case: filter field parameters with another slicer
06:18 How field parameters work technically
07:10 How to edit field parameters
08:15 Back to building use case three
11:42 Limitations
12:40 How to clean up your model
14:00 Explanatory vs Exploratory reports
15:48 Why I don’t like the current implementation
16:41 A better implementation IMO
18:14 Final thoughts and recommendations

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