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Report Builder - limited unichar function symbol set

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Gary THOMANN on 02 Jun 2022 02:35:03

Wanting to use the full unichar function symbol set but looks like it is a subset of what is available for power bi desktop.

For example; The New Moon Symbol Emoji (127761) is mentioned throughout the forum but all I get is a placeholder square in report builder.  Folks have been using the new moon symbol for traffic light indicators. Medium Black Circle (9899) which also does not work for me in report builder.  Am I doing something wrong or is this a known issue?


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Gary THOMANN on 02 Nov 2022 05:07:40

RE: Report Builder - limited unichar function symbol set

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Gary THOMANN on 27 Sep 2022 02:59:22

RE: Report Builder - limited unichar function symbol set

Report Builder - Unicode Symbols - toggle the Print Layout buttonpbi community forum thread with all the workings and discussions with m$ support.The DAX, data and Report Builder code and links are provided. Issue is reproducible and an a straightforward fix for m$.

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Gary THOMANN on 02 Jun 2022 03:34:41

RE: Report Builder - limited unichar function symbol set

Dax query works in daxstudio for those symbols so yes it must be missing functionality from report builder.