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Allow 'Edit Interactions' for Filters pane, or add new collapsable "Canvas" pane

I like the new Filters pane, but I think you really want to think about allowing the same kind of "Edit Interactions" for fields in the Filters pane as you do for any other visual. Here's why: I would dearly like to ditch slicers from a report in favour of the Filters pane in order to free up precious screen real-estate, but often slicers are set up so that they only filter *some* things and not others, whereas things in the Filters pane are global, as far as I can tell. I was hoping that the filters pane was going to be a baked-in replacement for the kind of thing Matt Allington et al are doing at https://exceleratorbi.com.au/create-a-power-bi-slicer-panel/ and while I like Matt's approach, it still obscures the report when the slicers panel is visible. So having one that 'floats' like your Filters pane is great, but it truly will be twice as good if you treat the filters on it like visuals in their own right. Even better, why not extend the awesome concept of the Filters pane so that it's a special part of the canvas where you can park anything you like, and have it collapse when not needed. Now THAT would be incredible.
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nishalit
New Member
The new Filter Pane added to the latest Feb 2019 update is great! But, when applied to existing reports which had interactions disabled for some filters, it breaks the whole report. Please can there be a functionality to apply "Edit Interactions" to the each slicer within the new Filter Pane? Thanks ever so much.
lotta_carlsson1
New Member
Agree! Lets move away from slicers - that take up space on reports. We want to use the space to show results and analyse - not filtering.
fbcideas_migusr
New Member

seriously, if this were implemented or would make reports way more flexible, as well as give more power to the end user.

esatterfield
New Member

100+ this request. Having the ability to turn on/off interactions between filters would be a huge improvement and make it much easier to actually use the Filters pane, especially when it comes to embedded scenarios for large organizations with complex filtering requirements for reports.


It would especially nice if the Filters pane supported a similar type of filtering behavior that we have with slicers, meaning you can filter the filter pane values using measures as well as other slicers.

natalia_fernand
New Member

Oh have I been waiting for this!!! I would make me actually use the Filter Pane. Also, ideally we could have more design/layout flexibility as well.

m_swan
New Member

Would be great to be able to ditch Slicers entirely by being able to edit interaction on the filter panel.

M_E_de_Boer
New Member

This idea is a no-brainer if you ask me, it surprised me that interactions do not work form the Filters pane.

fbcideas_migusr
New Member
Status changed to: Needs Votes