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MeyertCCU
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Custom drill down button

HI, I am coming from spotfire where drill down is a nice looking slider to get to each level of data you are wanting to look at. The drill down buttons on Power BI are samll and will be a learning curve for executives who use reports we are building. I would like to create a button or two to make drilling down more intuitive and obvious. Is the possible? 

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christinepayton
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Yes, you could create bookmarks and add a "bookmark navigator" to the page, which will display as buttons. 

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Anonymous
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Hi @MeyertCCU ,

 

I understand that you would like to create a more intuitive and obvious way for drilling down in Power BI, similar to the nice-looking slider in Spotfire. While Power BI does not have a built-in slider feature for drill-down, you can create drill-through buttons to enhance the discoverability of important drill-through scenarios in your reports. These buttons can be customized to show different text or formatting based on certain conditions.

To create a drill-through button in Power BI, you can refer to

Create a drillthrough button in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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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Anonymous
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Hi @MeyertCCU ,

 

I understand that you would like to create a more intuitive and obvious way for drilling down in Power BI, similar to the nice-looking slider in Spotfire. While Power BI does not have a built-in slider feature for drill-down, you can create drill-through buttons to enhance the discoverability of important drill-through scenarios in your reports. These buttons can be customized to show different text or formatting based on certain conditions.

To create a drill-through button in Power BI, you can refer to

Create a drillthrough button in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.           

christinepayton
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

Yes, you could create bookmarks and add a "bookmark navigator" to the page, which will display as buttons. 

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