Unlocking the Power of Dynamic M Query Parameters in Power BI

Paras Patil
Microsoft Power BI
Published in
5 min readJan 27, 2023

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Have you ever come across a situation where, as a Data Analyst / BI Developer you are required to provide the user more control on data being queried? Like, letting them…
• Extract data/summaries via running through different stored procedures.
• Choose columns to load in a dataset
• Filter dataset based on some condition etc.

Through this article I’ve tried to answer the following

1. What is Dynamic M Query Parameter?

2. How to Setup Dynamic M Query Parameter?

3. Applications

4. Limitations

1. What is Dynamic M Query Parameter?

• Dynamic query parameters in Power BI allows users to change the values of query parameters within a report or dataset, and have the report or dataset update automatically.
• This feature allows for greater flexibility and interactivity in reports, as users can easily adjust the data being displayed without having to manually change the underlying query.

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