How to set order when visuals load?

[jshutters]

Question: Is it possible to set the order (sequence) of loading all the visuals on the report page? For example, setting the textbox at the top of the report page to load first, and setting the table at the bottom of the report to load last?

The issue I'm trying to resolve is a better user experience for hundreds of users viewing an embedded report that contains many visuals. When the report loads, it might take 5 seconds and during that time, the visuals on the page appear to render in a random order. I think a better user experience would be to see the visuals rendered from top to bottom on the page.

I've tried opening the Selection pane and setting the "Layer order" or "Tab order" but that doesn't seem to make a difference.

I want to see if this is currently possible before I submit it as a new idea to improve Power BI.

[v-yingjl]

Hi @jshutters ,

Based on my research, we could not find an effective solution to meet your requirement. When loading a report, we cannot decide orders of report loading. As you mentioned before, the Layer order and Tab order in Selection pane is unrelated with this, what we can do in Layer order effectively is just hide / show the visuals and group them.

Perhaps you can submit the requirement to ideas and add your comments there to make this feature coming sooner: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

Best Regards,

Yingjie Li

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

[deldersveld · Accepted solution]

There is no way to control the order in which visuals render.

As you've found with the layer and tab order on the Selection pane, those are not related to how a page renders. Layer order only controls the front to back "z-index" ordering, and tab order does not have any visual impact whatsoever.