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Jelke
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Highlighting

Hello,

Im new to PowerBi. When I click on a projectnumber in my main visual it shoud highlight the selected projectnumber in my second visual. But this doesnt work properly. For some projectnumbers it is highlighting the number in the second visual but for some numbers it doesnt highlight the projectnumber in the second visual. But when I select every projectnumber manualy in the "filter for this visual"-tab it works for some reason. I have to do this with both of my visuals but after I did this it works like it shoud. Is there any known bug or does somone know how to fix this issue? Im using PowerBi Desktop 2.124.1805.0 (December 2023).

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Anonymous
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Hi @Jelke ,

Thank you for @lbendlin 's response, I have some information to add here.
Change how visuals interact in a report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Highlighting, or cross-highlighting as it's sometimes referred to, is a feature designed to work across visuals to emphasize related data points when a selection is made.

If you want the selected visualization to cross-filter one of the other visualizations on the page, select the filter icon in the upper right corner of that visualization . You can only cross-filter line charts, scatter charts, and maps. You can't cross-highlight them.

 

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly - Microsoft Fabric Community

 

If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

 

Best Regards
Community Support Team _ Rongtie

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, I tried yesterday to recreate the issue with sample data but as I created the new report it started working. Then I tried it with my orginial report again but it didn't work. So I created a completely new report whith the same data from my original report and it worked. I think that it was a bug in the file.

Regardless how I helped myself, thank you for your help.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @Jelke ,

Thank you for @lbendlin 's response, I have some information to add here.
Change how visuals interact in a report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Highlighting, or cross-highlighting as it's sometimes referred to, is a feature designed to work across visuals to emphasize related data points when a selection is made.

If you want the selected visualization to cross-filter one of the other visualizations on the page, select the filter icon in the upper right corner of that visualization . You can only cross-filter line charts, scatter charts, and maps. You can't cross-highlight them.

 

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly - Microsoft Fabric Community

 

If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

 

Best Regards
Community Support Team _ Rongtie

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

 

 

 

 

Hi, I tried yesterday to recreate the issue with sample data but as I created the new report it started working. Then I tried it with my orginial report again but it didn't work. So I created a completely new report whith the same data from my original report and it worked. I think that it was a bug in the file.

Regardless how I helped myself, thank you for your help.

lbendlin
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Please provide sample data that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot).

Do not include sensitive information or anything not related to the issue or question.

If you are unsure how to upload data please refer to https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-provide-sample-data-in-the-Power-BI-...

Please show the expected outcome based on the sample data you provided.

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