topic Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer in ArcGIS for Power BI Questions

Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

JannatAlasfoor — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:33:26 GMT

Hello,

My report was working fine, but today it started being very weird. Every time I apply any filter or a slicer the colors I choose for the symbology reset.

I attached an example.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

AnthonyLatini — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:03:24 GMT

@JannatAlasfoor - Hello there! My name is Anthony and I am a product engineer on the ArcGIS for Power BI visual. I was looking over this issue and I would like to help out if I can!

I am having a difficult time reproducing this error in my environment. Would it be possible to send me the data that you are using? Also, if possible, could you tell me the steps you are running through to reproduce this error?

Thank you!

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

amy_bns — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:04:46 GMT

Hi Anthony, I encountered the same issue. The symbology works fine with filter in Power BI desktop, but once publish the report to Power BI Server, color reset whenever using a filter/slicer.

The issue wasn't there before Dec 8's fix.

Another thing is if I use manual breaks or percentile breaks, it resets to natural break when apply filter. it seems using filter will reset the map to default values on power bi server.

Any suggestion or workarounds to address it?

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

JannatAlasfoor — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:31:00 GMT

**bleep** Anthony,

Kindly find a sample dataset attached. The steps I follow are:

- I place the "Block no" in the location field of the map

- I place the "Value" in the color field

- I change the location type in the Format tab to "Country = Bahrain"

- In symbology, I change the number of classes to 4 and I set the method to "Quantile"

- I change the color ramp to "Range 4"

- I put two filters on the page: Governorate and Category

- I try to use the filters and all my symbology settings go back to the default values

Please help!

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

PeterMau — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:49:10 GMT

Yup new update resets the symbology for me too. Last update fixed a number of things but broke another! 😕 The number of bugs caused by (or as a result of patches applied to) the massive mapping overhaul that released a few months ago is just appalling.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

LesterRodriguez — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:04:57 GMT

Hello Anthony,

I'm experiencing the same type of errors as reported here when it comes to symbol style: it resets to what seem to be the default settings (color ramp, number of classes, shape size, outline settings, etc.) after the data is filtered in the report.

I share @PeterMau sentiment, it has been quite a few months since ArcGIS for Power BI worked as it is intended to do, it would be great if the myriad of bugs currently in the viz are fixed in a timely manner.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

YvesKERGOURLAY — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:41:04 GMT

Same issue for me !

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:42:17 GMT

@amy_bns If you're using report server, it may be on the older version. Can you confirm its on 2021.2.95 by hovering over the lower right corner of the map visual?

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:44:53 GMT

It looks like we're narrowing down how to reproduce the symbology resetting. We'll keep you posted and hope to have a fix.

We made significant changes to the map visual, updating the underlying mapping technology. This was a foundational DNA level change, that unfortunately caused some issues. We appreciate your collaboration and patience as we get all of these issues identified and resolved.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:46:03 GMT

@PeterMau Please feel free to direct message me with your customer number and we can setup a call to discuss your issues.

Thank you.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

JannatAlasfoor — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:19:58 GMT

Thanks, Andrew. Please keep us informed!

Re: Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Matheus_Nunes — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:52:18 GMT

Hello everyone,

I have the same issue here. Whenever I click on any slicer or filter on my Power BI dashboard it resets the symbology to the same as if I just clicked directly on "Unique values" without any custom style. I would like that the style of my symbology would not change when people filter the data, because in my case the data is only intelligible with the personalized styles of the symbology.

@Anonymous Userdo you have any updates about this?

Thank you for your attention and support.

Re: Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:11:28 GMT

We had issues reproducing this with the quality update we just released, but we are now able to reproduce this. We're discussing this as a team to see what we can do to get an update out soon.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

JannatAlasfoor — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:53:45 GMT

Hello Andrew,

Is there any update about the issue?

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:31:51 GMT

@JannatAlasfoor We're working on a small patch we aim to get out in a few weeks. Please stay tuned!

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

JijiJohnson — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:14:41 GMT

@Anonymous User we are a distributor in Bahrain. Request you to kindly provide us with an update on the bug fix. Thank you.

Re: Symology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

VRamosUWH — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:23:17 GMT

Will the patch fix this issue? I also have this issue with formats resetting to default whenever I make a slicer selection and was on a call yesterday where the general feeling is the app is useless for us in the interim.

Re: Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:09:07 GMT

@JannatAlasfoor @YvesKERGOURLAY @JijiJohnson @VRamosUWH

We have a fix that has been developed and is being tested now. We plan to hand it off to Microsoft this week, which means it should be in production after Feb 9th.

Thank you for your patience and we hope this resolve the issue for all of you.

Re: Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

manuelvidald — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:05:03 GMT

Hello @Anonymous User ! Is this bug already fixed? Thanks in advance...

Re: Symbology resets when I apply a filter/slicer

Anonymous User — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:35:11 GMT

Yes, but we are waiting on Microsoft to deploy the update. It was supposed to be this week, but looks like it was pushed to next week.