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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Hide certain bookmarks from users

Is it possible to hide certain bookmarks from users when a report is published to the report server? I have some bookmarks that are set up in conjunction with buttons to show/hide visuals. I dont want users to be able to 'View' them from the bookmarks pane. I only want them to be able to select bookmarks that ive created to help tell data stories. Is it possible to do this? 

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    • bdl5119's avatar
      bdl5119
      Advocate I
      4 years ago

      You can group your bookmarks and from the Format Navigator and then chose which group to show. In the screenshot below, I am only showing bookmarks in Group 2 instead of the default selection (All): 

       

      • EthHKing's avatar
        EthHKing
        Frequent Visitor
        3 years ago

        This is an awesome workaround. Thank you so much😊

  • AbhiSSRS's avatar
    AbhiSSRS
    Solution Sage
    5 years ago

    I keep such bookmarks in a seperate group "Internal" or something that users get to know that its not for them

     

     

    • Ash2022's avatar
      Ash2022
      Helper I
      3 years ago

      That would be fine as a workaround if Power BI allows Groups inside groups. as when I have several bookmarks from all pages, I group it to pages, otherwise it is just chaos, but Power BI won't allow to add all these groups under another group like "Internal" and that won't solve the real problem which if you try to hide it from the users. but your idea is no bad if the report developer has only few bookmarks without a group.

  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    Super User
    5 years ago

    If you make it harder for your users to consume your report they will go elsewhere. Maybe you can find a different solution.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      You've given a similar "don't do this; find a different solution" response to a query of mine in the past.  And in both cases, you also misunderstood the question/use case.

      It's not a helpful response.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      lbendlin 

      Im not sure youve understood my post. Im not making it harder for users to use the report. They activate the bookmarks by clicking buttons on the report canvas. The bookmarks are created to help the mechanics of the report. They arent dsigned to be accessed from the bookmarks pane, so id like to hide them. I understand that this however is not currently possible.