Identifying which (parent) page navigating to a common (child ) page

[spbjt]

I have 2 pages that will ( page ) navigate to a common 3rd page. But in the 3rd page, I want to be able to show different text / information / etc, depending on which parent page calls it. How can I identify the parent/calling page in the 3rd page. The page navigation back button works correctly in the 3rd page, so I assume that information is avail somehere. Thanks.

[v-jayw-msft]

Hi @spbjt ,

You could try drill through feature.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-drillthrough.

Create a table with column "pages" which contains record page1 and page2.

Then add table visual for both three pages.

For page1 filter visual only show record page1, for page2 filter visual only show record page2.

Then add drill through on page3.

Right click the page1 record in the visual on page1 and drill through to page3 then the visual on page 3 will show only page1. And the same for page2.

Pbix as attached.

Best Regards,

Jay

[spbjt]

@v-jayw-msft Thanks for the suggestion but that is not quite what I was trying to do ( will have to re-design my current pages ). I just needed a way to get the information of which parent page calls the ( common ) child page so that I can display different text in the child page. I am using Page Navigation to toggle/navigate between the pages.

Sample of the 3 pages and Page Navigation used. Pages 1 and 2 can toggle ( using Page Navigation ) between them. Page 1 or 2 can Page Navigate into Page 3. Page 3 has a Back button that returns to either Page 1 or 2.

sample attached : PBI Comm identify calling page.pbix 

[lkalawski]

Hi @spbjt

Isn't it better to create a duplicate 3rd page with a different configuration and redirect one of the buttons to it?

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[spbjt]

@lkalawski Not really. The data is mostly the same. The main difference is the Text that gets displayed - users want to know where they came from. Does not make sense to create another page just to show different text, when the essential data elements are the same.