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Responsive ResidentHow to Edit Interactions on New Card visual?
Just had an interesting thing happen with the New Card visual.
I'm using a category of Years to split some data, which is working fine, but today I accidentally clicked on one of the years in the visual. This filtered data across the whole page.
On the one hand, I learned something new - I didn't know you could do that in a Card visual.
On the other hand, it's quite annoying, as no-one expects this. Resetting it wasn't easy either. Clicking on the same year, in the same Card visual, did not reset the filter. Instead I had to double-click on a chart on the same page, so the filter **bleep**ed to it, and then reset.
So I'm looking for a way to prevent the New Card visuals from filtering the rest of the page, and I saw that Edit Interactions doesn't actually regard them as something that can interact with other visuals. If I select on the chart, I get the familiar edit interactions symbols next to other visuals - including New Card visuals - but if I select the New Card visuals, no such symbols appear on the chart or any other visual on the page.
Is there a way to stop the New Card visuals filtering other visuals on the page, if someone clicks on them?
What you’re seeing is expected behavior for the New Card visual in Microsoft Power BI—it supports data point selection, which behaves like a cross-filter even though it doesn’t fully participate in Edit Interactions (yet). That mismatch is exactly why it feels confusing.
Why this happens
The New Card visual allows clicking on category values (like Years).
That click creates a filter context for the page (similar to selecting a bar in a chart).
However, unlike charts, it doesn’t expose interaction controls in Edit Interactions, so you can’t disable it the usual way.
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ryan_mayuSuper User
One option is to change the new visual card to old version.
The other option is overlay a transparent shape/button. So If someone click the card visual, actually he is clicking the shape on it. Clicking the shape or button will not filter the data.
I have another workaround is to use a bookmark to reset all filter. If someone click the year by accident, he can click the reset button to reset the filters
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-bookmarks?wt.mc_id=DP-MVP-5004616
pls see the attachment below
v-dineshyaCommunity Support
Hi SevsBo ,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.
Hi ryan_mayu , Thank you for your prompt response.
Hi SevsBo , could you please try the proposed solution shared by ryan_mayu ? Let us know if you’re still facing the same issue we’ll be happy to assist you further.
Regards,
Dinesh
What you’re seeing is expected behavior for the New Card visual in Microsoft Power BI—it supports data point selection, which behaves like a cross-filter even though it doesn’t fully participate in Edit Interactions (yet). That mismatch is exactly why it feels confusing.
Why this happens
The New Card visual allows clicking on category values (like Years).
That click creates a filter context for the page (similar to selecting a bar in a chart).
However, unlike charts, it doesn’t expose interaction controls in Edit Interactions, so you can’t disable it the usual way.