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Bookmarks NOT working on dashbaord

Hi

 

I seem to be having a problem with bookmark(s) I setup to toggle a menu or shape to apper or disappear - an example takem from Guys in a Cube.  

 

I have came across this article, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-bookmarks#enable-the-bookmarks-preview-versions-prior-to-march-2018, but the version my work use must be an more up-to-date as I dont see any refrence to the artcile above - see screen print below.  Now the bookmarks work fine in the report view.mode, no problem, its just goes wrong when I publish a report to a dashboard view oddly.  The artcile does state that you can "View > Selection pane or View > Bookmarks pane", but for the life of me I can not see this.

 

Screen Print: Options in PowerBi Desktop:

Preview Features PowerBI

 

Any pointers woud be great.

 

Chris

Finance & Contracts Information Analyst

  • Hi Anonymous ,

    Bookmark is a feature of reports, so you can't use it in a dashboard. You can come up with a new idea and add your comments there to make the feature you want coming sooner.

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Joey
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • Hi Anonymous,

    When you refer that you are publishing to a dashboard you are pinning a full page on a dashboard is that it?
    Be aware that reports are different from dashboards.

    A Power BI dashboard is a single page, often called a canvas, that uses visualizations to tell a story. Because it is limited to one page, a well-designed dashboard contains only the most-important elements of that story.

    Check https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/end-user-dashboards

    Being dashboards made up of visualization from a report not all functionalities work (example bookmarks or drill trough) because the purpose of dashboard is to give a quick snapshot of the information for details people dive into reports.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/end-user-reports

    Be aware that depending on the way you setup some of these features some can work with limitations o dashboards.

    Regards,
    MFelix

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      MFelix

       

      Thats great and a good point reference the dashboard telling a story; that does rings a bell from some early lessons.  And, yes I pinned the report to the dashbaord sorry. Thanks for the prompt response, along with link which I will take a look at.  The report does the job nicely but for future I will have a rethink as to why and how to use a dashboard.

       

      Chris

      Finance & Contracts Information Analyst

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        Hi Anonymous ,

        Bookmark is a feature of reports, so you can't use it in a dashboard. You can come up with a new idea and add your comments there to make the feature you want coming sooner.

        Best Regards,
        Community Support Team _ Joey
        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.