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Cross filtering problems
Pulling my hair out over this.
I'm trying to turn off default filtering of visuals.
I've followed the process of going into:
Options & settings
Options
Query reduction
Disabling cross highlighting/filtering by default - This is now activated
I realise that this will now only be active for new visuals, but If I add a brand new visual and a brand new slicer, selecting any value in the slicer impacts the new visual. This is so frustrating.
Does anybody know why this isn't working?
Hi Fusilier2
This setting can be a bit tricky. The “Disable cross highlighting/filtering by default” option only controls how visuals interact with each other, not how slicers behave. When a slicer and a visual share the same field or are linked through a relationship, the slicer will still filter that visual - that’s just how Power BI works. This option only applies to new visuals and doesn’t change slicer behavior. If you want a slicer not to affect a visual, you’ll need to do it manually. Just select the slicer, go to Format >> Edit Interactions, and click None on the visuals you don’t want filtered. Sadly, there’s no global setting to disable slicer filtering completely, so this behavior is expected.
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Thank you,
I know that, but I have the setting turned on and then created a brand new slicer and visual but the visual is still being automatically filtered by the slicer.
Sorry. I don't get it. If you mean to change the visual interaction of slicers to cross-filter, it is not currently supported. Slicers filter only.
Hi Fusilier2
This setting can be a bit tricky. The “Disable cross highlighting/filtering by default” option only controls how visuals interact with each other, not how slicers behave. When a slicer and a visual share the same field or are linked through a relationship, the slicer will still filter that visual - that’s just how Power BI works. This option only applies to new visuals and doesn’t change slicer behavior. If you want a slicer not to affect a visual, you’ll need to do it manually. Just select the slicer, go to Format >> Edit Interactions, and click None on the visuals you don’t want filtered. Sadly, there’s no global setting to disable slicer filtering completely, so this behavior is expected.
Hi Fusilier2,
Just looping back one last time to check if everything's good on your end. Let me know if you need any final support happy to assist if anything’s still open.
Thank you.
