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Imagauthamam
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9 months ago
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Bookmark Interaction Issue — Second-Level Bookmark Not Resetting Correctly

Scenario Overview

I’m working on a Power BI report that uses multiple bookmarks for navigation.

There are two levels of bookmarks:

1️⃣ Top-Level Bookmark:
Used to switch between Revenue, Profit, and Cost views.

2️⃣ Second-Level Bookmark:
Used to toggle between Overall and Breakdown views for whichever metric is selected in the top level.

Setup Details

  • Total of 6 line charts on the same page:

    • Revenue: 2 charts → Overall and Breakdown

    • Profit: 2 charts → Overall and Breakdown

    • Cost: 2 charts → Overall and Breakdown

  • Each pair of visuals (Overall/Breakdown) is stacked on top of each other.
    I control their visibility using bookmarks (only one visible at a time).

  • Buttons at both levels change color for selection:

    • Selected → Black

    • Non-selected → White

I’ve attached the .pbix file for reference

Onedrive Link: https://1drv.ms/u/c/f649352c394d4116/ETsjgzAef0ZKr2c9MMQm5V4BSmqNgcLZs8kP-StDAXKC1w?e=Q4QmPj

The Issue

When the file opens:

  • By default → Revenue (Top-Level) and Overall (Second-Level) are selected.
    ✅ Works fine.

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Click Breakdown → revenue breakdown graph appears correctly.

  2. Click Profit in the top-level → it switches correctly to Profit (Overall).

  3. Click Breakdown → shows Profit Breakdown correctly.

  4. Now click Revenue again → the graph correctly switches to Revenue Overall,
    ❌ but the bookmark navigator still shows Breakdown as selected.

Expected behavior:

When switching back to Revenue, the Overall button should appear selected (since the Overall view is showing), not Breakdown.


What I’ve Tried

  • Tried switching between All Visuals and Selected Visuals options in the bookmarks.

  • Tried reordering and updating bookmarks after selection.

  • Still facing the same issue.


Can someone help me on this.






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  • ToddChitt's avatar
    ToddChitt
    9 months ago

    Hello Imagauthamam 

    Bookmarks can be tricky. 

    When I read your note about "top level bookmarks" controlling Revenue, Profit, or Cost, I thought that maybe you should try the SELECTEDMEASURE approach:

    1) Create the three measures you need, which I suppose you already have.

    2) Create calculated column:

    Select Measure =
    DATATABLE (
        "Measure", STRING,
        {
            { "Revenue" },
            { "Profit" },
            { "Costs" }
        }
    )

    3) Create a Measure: 

    Selected Measure = SWITCH(SELECTEDVALUE('Select Measure'[Measure]), "Revenue", [Revenue], "Profit", [Profit], "Costs", [Costs])
     
    Put a slicer on the page. Use the [Measure] column. Set it up a Button Slicer
    Set up ONE set of visuals (charts, etc.) and use the [Selected Measure] as the Value column.
     
    4) Optional: Create a Measure to be used for Chart Title: 
    My Chart Title = SELECTEDVALUE('Select Measure'[Measure]) & " Used as Chart Title"
    5) For the Chart title, use a function as the title text. Select "Field Value" as the Format Style, and  [My Chart Title] for "What fiueld should we base this on?
     
     
    Now you're down to ONE set of Bookmarks.

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  • ToddChitt's avatar
    ToddChitt
    Super User
    9 months ago

    Hello Imagauthamam 

    Bookmarks can be tricky. 

    When I read your note about "top level bookmarks" controlling Revenue, Profit, or Cost, I thought that maybe you should try the SELECTEDMEASURE approach:

    1) Create the three measures you need, which I suppose you already have.

    2) Create calculated column:

    Select Measure =
    DATATABLE (
        "Measure", STRING,
        {
            { "Revenue" },
            { "Profit" },
            { "Costs" }
        }
    )

    3) Create a Measure: 

    Selected Measure = SWITCH(SELECTEDVALUE('Select Measure'[Measure]), "Revenue", [Revenue], "Profit", [Profit], "Costs", [Costs])
     
    Put a slicer on the page. Use the [Measure] column. Set it up a Button Slicer
    Set up ONE set of visuals (charts, etc.) and use the [Selected Measure] as the Value column.
     
    4) Optional: Create a Measure to be used for Chart Title: 
    My Chart Title = SELECTEDVALUE('Select Measure'[Measure]) & " Used as Chart Title"
    5) For the Chart title, use a function as the title text. Select "Field Value" as the Format Style, and  [My Chart Title] for "What fiueld should we base this on?
     
     
    Now you're down to ONE set of Bookmarks.