Bookmark Interaction Issue — Second-Level Bookmark Not Resetting Correctly

[Imagauthamam]

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.

[Imagauthamam]

Thank you so much @ToddChitt . This really worked. 

[ToddChitt · Accepted solution]

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.