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How to add filters in Power BI [EASY STEPS]

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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When it comes to organizing and visualizing various sets ofdata, Power BI is definitely up to the challenge. Still, that doesn’t mean theprogramis problem-free for some people.

Quite a few usersreportedissues with adding filters in Power BI:

I am trying to enable filter pane for my existing Power BI report. I followed the which are mentioned in the link. But I did not see any Filter Pane on the report page after enabling the filter pane option. But I see on New Power BIfile.

So,the tutorial from Microsoftdidn’t help, because the OP didn’t see any Filter Pane in the Power BI. If you’re in the same situation, here are some additional solutions that you can use.

Steps to add filters in Power BI

Steps to add filters in Power BI

1. Turn on new filters for all new reports

Learn everything there is to know about Power BI from our in-depth article!

2. Turn on new filters for an existing report

Conclusion

As you can see, you only need to change certain options to make your filtering work, because the filter pane is not present in Power BI by default.

If for some reason you don’t want filters, just click again onEnable the updated filter pane, and show filters in the visual header for this reportto disable the filter pane.

Did you find these methods useful? How do you use filters in Power BI? Do let us know in the comments section below!

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Milan Stanojevic

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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.