Annotating visualizations!

[fbcideas_migusr]

The ability to annotate a visualization, for example a chart or graph, would make both the dashboard and reports experience more robust.

[ej2415]

David has described the need well, and I agree the Tableau annotation features are a good model. The "Enlighten Data Story" custom visual (in PowerBI marketplace) provides some of the features (combining static text and measures), but the need is to have something like this embedded in other visuals and linked to data points with relative positioning. Would you recommend starting a new thread, since the original poster didn't provide any detail?

[RyanA1]

I would like to be able to use the same Annotate and Share features available in the mobile app, in the online app. The same as seen here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/mobile/mobile-annotate-and-share-a-tile-from-the-mobile-apps

[Onur_Karabulut]

A built-in annotations feature integrated into the visualizations is what we need for our product. Sadly, there does not seem to be much traction with this idea since it was submitted in 2015. We'll likely build it as a custom feature using Power BI embedded capabilities. Domo - one of Microsoft's competitors in the Analytics/BI space - seems to offer this capability out of the box. https://knowledge.domo.com/Engage/Sharing_Content_in_Domo/Adding_Chart_Annotations

[RamkumarSR]

If you are looking for annotation/ commentary options in Power BI, check out the visual from xViz - https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA200000183?tab=Overview. Refer to this blog on how annotations can be configured - https://xviz.com/blogs/storytelling-using-annotations-in-power-bi/

[icq0]

It would be extremely useful to include text on data visualizations. We tracked disease trends over time and it is useful to note with text when there are big changes that influence disease trends (e.g., vaccine introduction). 

[christine_payto]

Annotations are a crucial user experience addition. Feature parity with Tableau would be nice - e.g. ability to annotate a data point or a chunk of data points (see: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/annotations_annotations_add.htm)

[mbarker]

Here is an example with a third-party visual. Ideally this would be feasible in bar/column/line/area graphs natively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rr-XbbGT9o

[nishalit]

Annotate option in power bi desktop and online dashboard version

[nishalit]

making persistent annotations that can be shared with others

[nishalit]

the annotation feature on the windows app is great, this should be available on the standard web interface as well