Product
- Dynamics 365
- Power BI (Dynamics 365 dashboards / visualizations)
- Multilingual / Localization
Idea Type:
Product defect (Localization & data rendering issue)
Problem Description:
When a Dynamics 365 user’s UI language is set to German (de-DE), a specific field (80/20) -custom field renders as blank (“leer”) in an embedded Power BI dashboard, despite the field containing valid data in Dataverse.
This behavior is isolated to the 80/20 field only. Other fields within the same Power BI visual and dataset render correctly under the same language settings.
The issue does not reproduce when the user language is set to English, indicating a localization-specific rendering or data transformation issue.
Expected Result:
The 80/20 field should consistently render its actual value in Power BI, independent of the user’s language or locale settings, and remain aligned with the value stored in Dataverse.
Actual Result:
- Under German (de-DE) locale:
- The 80/20 field displays “leer” (blank)
- Under English (en-US) locale:
- The same field displays correctly
- No other columns are affected
Repro Steps:
- Enable German (de-DE) as the user language in Dynamics 365.
- Open the embedded Power BI dashboard.
- Navigate to the visual containing the 80/20 field.
- Observe the field value rendered as blank (“leer”).
- Verify that the corresponding Dataverse field contains a valid value.
- Switch the user language to English and refresh the dashboard.
- Observe that the field renders correctly.
Scope and Observation
- Reproducible and consistent
- Field‑specific (80/20 only)
- Language‑dependent (German locale)
- Not a data integrity issue (value exists in Dataverse)
- Suggests a localization / formatting / metadata translation defect in the Power BI + Dynamics 365 integration layer
Impact
- Results in data loss at presentation layer for localized users
- Causes inconsistent reporting across languages
- Affects customers using non‑English deployments with Power BI dashboards embedded in Dynamics 365