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6 years ago
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Lock Objects

Hi all,   Is it still the case that the View/Lock Objects setting is NOT saved with the report file?   In other words, if you want to prevent visuals from being accidentally moved in a report, th...
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dd88
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3 years ago

Date 27/09/2022 - This issue still exists.

 

In Power BI Desktop, in a report, set Lock Objects ON, save and close the report.
Open the report, Lock Objects is turned OFF again.

 

The report is for end users. If Lock Objects is not ON, the users accidentally move fields/ objects. I explain to the end users, each time the report is opened to manually set, on the View ribbon, select Lock objects


This orginal post is dated 13/04/2020
Its now 27/09/2022. Using PowerBI Desktop Version 2.109.782.0 - 64bit
Are there any updates to this being resolved and Lock Objects can be permanently set, and the setting 'stick'

 

Thanks