Forum Discussion
Bookmarks options
Hi, I have become a big fan and user bookmarks for my Power BI but I would like to know more about the options after Delete, when to leave it to check and when to uncheck them? Thanks in advance for any help in my inquiry.
Here is an article that has a lot about how they used bookmarking:
There are also lots of videos on it:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=power+bi+bookmarks&qpvt=power+bi+bookmarks&FORM=VDRE
In short though, Data is going to preserve slicer and filter selections.
Display will preserve spotlighting and whether or not visuals are visible or not
Page will take the user to the specified page that is visible at the time of the bookmark
It's a lot of trial and error to get the specific effects that you want. For example, I have never had a reason to not check Page. But, you might want to uncheck Data if you want to spotlight and hide certain visuals but want the user's slicer and filter selections to be preserved when you do so.
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From:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Bookmarks-options/m-p/474349
"You can also select whether each bookmark will apply data properties, such as filters and slicers, the display properties such as spotlight and its visibility, and page changes that presents the page that was visible when the bookmark was added. These capabilities are useful when you use bookmarks to switch between visual types - in which case you would likely want to turn data properties off, so filters aren't reset as users change visual types."
Emphasis added.
Thanks, Greg, were can read more about these checked marked options or is just a trial and error experience?
Here is an article that has a lot about how they used bookmarking:
There are also lots of videos on it:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=power+bi+bookmarks&qpvt=power+bi+bookmarks&FORM=VDRE
In short though, Data is going to preserve slicer and filter selections.
Display will preserve spotlighting and whether or not visuals are visible or not
Page will take the user to the specified page that is visible at the time of the bookmark
It's a lot of trial and error to get the specific effects that you want. For example, I have never had a reason to not check Page. But, you might want to uncheck Data if you want to spotlight and hide certain visuals but want the user's slicer and filter selections to be preserved when you do so.
