Turning off Suggest a visual

[swebster]

How do you turn off the "suggest a visual" option when adding data? Its enraging.

[swebster]

i take it all back. Unchecking that turns off the pane manager which i actually like. I read a tutorial online that showed how to turn off the suggest a visual and keep the pane maanger on but the pull down carrot is no longer there in the current Power BI desktop. Please stop changing things Microsoft. You are not being helpful. Guess i am back to the old way.

[texmexdaddy]

I agree.  This feature (the suggest a visual feature) is extremely annoying.  I've being using Power Bi for nearly 7 years and this is the only feature I have seen/experienced that is not only visually annoying since it pops up incessantly (just like an actual annoying pop-up) and covers up other parts of the report, but it's also infuriatingly disruptive to workflow since I have to get rid of it each time.   You need to make the option to have this particular feature be turned off or on at the developer's discretion.  

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @swebster ,

Based on your description, the prompt box you mentioned suggesting a visualization is related to a PREVIEW feature on-object interaction. When you choose to use this feature it will automatically display the visualization checkbox on your visualization. The intent is to make it easier for the user to quickly select the visualization you need to build the report. If you want to disable this checkbox, you can do so by clicking the “x” button if you want to keep the on-object interaction feature. A more radical approach would be to disable the on-object interaction feature directly, you can uncheck File > Options and settings > Options > Preview Features > On-object interaction. Before doing this, please save your original report, as it will only take effect when you restart power bi desktop.

Use on-object interaction with visuals in your report (preview) - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best regards,
Albert He

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[swebster]

Clicking the "X" closes the window for that moment. The next time you select the visual and add data it pops up again. just give the option to turn "Select a visual" off. 

[swebster]

That worked but now the right side panes are gone.

[Greg_Deckler]

@swebster Are you referring to when you click on a column or measure and it automatically picks a visual? I generally start with the visual I want and then add data to it.

[texmexdaddy]

@Greg_Deckler   I think the original poster is talking about the "suggest a visual" feature that is part of the new on object interaction option.   The suggest a visual feature is very annoying because it pops up everytime you bring in new data to a visual...they need to have a way to "opt out" of that particular feature of the on object interaction.