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ammartino44
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connecting to other tabs

In power service you can link tables to other tabs. Can you do this in power desktop as well? 

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You can add a tile to a dashboard and insert a custom URL.  You can copy the URL from any report page and paste it there.  To do this in a report is a bit more difficult.  You would need to load the URLs into your data model and mark them as a Web URL, then insert them into a visual that could leverage the URL - I haven't tried this.



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Hi @ammartino44,

 

Do you mean "Set a custom link" in your dashborad?
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Based on my research, this fearture is support on Power BI services only. In Power BI desktop, if you need to link to a report, you need to add hyperlink to a text box in a report.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-add-a-hyperlink-to-a-text-box/

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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MattAllington
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@ammartino44 wrote:

In power service you can link tables to other tabs. Can you do this in power desktop as well? 


What do you mean "tables to other tabs"?



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

Hi Matt. I mean when you click on a visualisation it will send you to another worksheet with related information (or more granular level information)

You can add a tile to a dashboard and insert a custom URL.  You can copy the URL from any report page and paste it there.  To do this in a report is a bit more difficult.  You would need to load the URLs into your data model and mark them as a Web URL, then insert them into a visual that could leverage the URL - I haven't tried this.



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

Hi Matt. I mean when you click on a visualisation it will send you to another worksheet with related information (or more granular level information)

Hi @ammartino44,

 

Do you mean "Set a custom link" in your dashborad?
Capture.PNG

 

Based on my research, this fearture is support on Power BI services only. In Power BI desktop, if you need to link to a report, you need to add hyperlink to a text box in a report.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-add-a-hyperlink-to-a-text-box/

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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