I'm using Power BI Desktop for personal learning and dashboard design, without a work or school account. Every time I select an image (imported from my local drive) or a shape object (created using the Insert menu), I get a pop-up asking for my email address with a message about collaboration and organizational content. This happens even though I'm working entirely offline and not using any cloud-linked features. The issue becomes especially disruptive when selecting multiple objects—if I select 5 shapes or images, the sign-in dialog appears five separate times, once for each object. Please consider suppressing this prompt for users working in standalone mode, or provide a setting to disable it. Power BI Desktop is an excellent tool for independent learners—removing this friction would make the experience much smoother. ... View more

I’m writing to request a new formatting feature for the clustered column/bar chart visual: vertical gridlines (category dividers) on the X-axis, to clearly separate categories such as weeks. Currently, when multiple series (e.g., different metrics or years) are shown for each category on the X-axis, the categories blend visually — it’s hard to tell where one ends and the next begins. A vertical line divider would: Dramatically improve readability and interpretation, especially when bars crowd into weeks or dense periods Maintain visual clarity even when bars have similar colours or overlapping values Avoid reliance on manual overlays or workaround visuals Align with charting best practices (e.g., GGPlot’s “faceting,” Excel’s plot area separators) As reports get more sophisticated — combining slicers, small multiples, field parameters — the clarity of visuals matters more than ever. Vertical separators would unlock cleaner layouts, especially for weekly or monthly groupings. ... View more

Olá, não sei se já conhecem um site chamado Figma que oferece inúmeras oportunidades de edições para criação de backgrounds. Com as limitações existentes no ambiente do Power BI, utilizo muito o Figma para criar os backgrounds e trazer para o Power BI. Seria interessante ter essas modalidades de edições dentro do próprio Power BI. ... View more

Hi,   In the "Data items" section of a notebook, only the Lakehouse names are displayed. There is no way to check which workspace the Lakehouse comes from.    For example, I want to double check that it's the Lakehouse from Dev workspace which is attached to the notebook, and not the Lakehouse with the same name in Prod workspace. ... View more

DirectQuery in Power BI does not allow to send the parameters.     We want to send the searched parameters from the power BI report UI through power BI direct query to backend which is not possible through direct query.    As we have large volume of data it is creating performance issues due to the way direct query is working.    Instead of pulling all data and then filtering the required data , is there a option to send the filter parameters through direct query which helps us to get subset of data that is needed.?? OR let us know if you an other way to. get part of live data to be shown to customers    This issue is causing reports performance issue on our side, instead of gettting in milli seconds , the report is loading in minutes.     Could you try to find out a way to let us get the subset of  live data than retrieving every thing. Thanks  ... View more

Currently it seems that adding several Power BI measures to same alert rule is not possible. It would be nice if there would be easy way to add two or more power BI measures and configure alert based on multiple conditions on different measures.   There is a option to write a single measure in the Power BI side with DAX – that implements multiple conditions – and use that in Activator, but it would be great if Activator supported multiple Power BI measures as well. ... View more

Currently, Power BI does not provide a way to distinguish whether a filter was applied by: End users (via slicers, cross-filtering from charts, or selecting rows in tables), or Developers (via visual-level, page-level, report-level filters, or by adding columns to table). All these filters merge into the same filter context in DAX, making it impossible to create measures or logic that behave differently based on the filter source. Example: If a developer adds a column to a table visual, Power BI internally applies a filter for that column. Functions like ISFILTERED() return TRUE, even though the user did not actively choose that filter. Similarly, if a user clicks on a bar in a chart or selects a row in a table, that is a user-driven filter, but currently indistinguishable from developer defaults. Why this matters: Developers often need to apply default or locked filters for business logic, while still allowing users to make their own selections. In scenarios like KPI calculations, audit reporting, or embedded analytics, it’s important to know if a user actively changed a filter or if the result is based on a developer-defined default. This capability would improve transparency and allow for more dynamic, user-aware calculations. Proposed Solution: Introduce a way to detect filter origin in DAX or via the Power BI API. For example: A new DAX function like:  FILTERSOURCE() // Possible return values: // "UserSlicer", "UserVisualInteraction", "VisualFilter", "PageFilter", "ReportFilter", "VisualColumn"   ... View more

I have been exploring the new Enhanced DAX Time Intelligence feature (Preview), and I find it very promising. However, I was surprised to see that the functionality does not account for tertials. For those unfamiliar, a tertial is a four-month period (3 × 4 months = 12 months). This way of dividing the year is commonly used in several organizations, especially in Europe, for planning, reporting, and performance management. It strikes a balance between the granularity of quarters and the broader perspective of halves. Being able to analyze data by tertial is valuable because: Many companies structure their budgets and forecasts around 4-month periods. It provides a natural cadence for performance reviews and business follow-ups. It helps align reporting cycles with internal business practices, rather than forcing the data to fit quarters or halves. At the moment, achieving this requires custom calculations and workarounds. Including tertial support directly in Enhanced Time Intelligence would make the feature far more flexible and aligned with real business needs. I strongly suggest considering tertials as a supported period type in future updates. It would be a relatively small addition with a significant impact for organizations that rely on this reporting structure. ... View more

Hi,   It would be very pertinent to allow connection from a DataflowGen2 to source through a CloudConnection. Currently it's only possible via GIT (CI/CD) but it will help a lot for data analysts who don't use GIT. ... View more

Hi all,  I think it would be very useful to have the ability to manage folders in Data pane graphically. Right click to create/rename/delete folders, just like measures, and drag-and-drop to move foders and/or measures between folders.  What do you think? ... View more

I suspect that these visual elements from AppSource are causing my software to open slowly. Even after I delete them and reopen the software, they still appear. Even opening a blank file takes over 20 minutes of loading time. Then it prompts "We couldn't connect to the marketplace". After clicking "Close", I can finally open it normally. But by this point, it has already taken over 20 minutes. Why does my software have this problem? Is there any way to solve it?   ... View more

Users who do not have access to a dashboard but recieve a link, have the option to 'Request Access'. I understand this can be turned off for access to the Semantic Model, but not for the report. In my situation, we have an outside process that manages and provides access to a Entra Group to control access and RLS. Access is never given directly via the dashboard. Can the 'Request Access' function be disbaled for the report with an option to add commentary about how users can request access in line with RLS process.  ... View more

The usage metrics report is a great tool for auditing report usage for PowerBI Reports. This feature is unfortunately missing for Paginated Reports. Please add usage metrics reports to Paginated Reports.  ... View more

Currently, the filter functionality in Fabric notebooks highlights only table names when browsing attached Lakehouses. It would be highly useful if this feature extended to column names as well, similar to what is already available in the SQL Endpoint Analytics view. This would greatly improve usability in notebooks by making it faster to locate relevant fields directly while coding and exploring data. ... View more

There is an option we can enable to connect to the secondary SQL server in case of HA servers in Power BI. I can connect to the secondary server even in Fabric Dataflow Gen2, but the same connection when used in other activities is connecting to the Primary SQL server.  ... View more

When exporting PowerBI pages using the live data option, the exported PowerPoint only contains data from the first page, and the second page always asks to relaunch the add-in. Only the first page is exported, regardless of how many pages are in the PowerBI file. The issue occurs specifically with the PowerPoint add-in when exporting from PowerBI on the web.   It would be nice to add a feature where we can export more than one page of live data from PowerBI to PowerPoint.  ... View more

As many companies begin to use TrackVia as a data warehouse and want to connect this data into PowerBI, I think it would be benefical to make TrackVia a data source as an option. The only alternative right now is manually downloading the updated TrackVia data as an Excel file, but this seems tedious. Please allow TrackVia to be a data source option. Thank you! ... View more

At present whenever I am refreshing the data or applying change & that is resulting into data reload, I can view that data is loading however not able to view what time it STARTED, for how long it is running(Duration) etc.   Showing the Start time, Duration would be useful information to see in PBI Desktop refresh. ... View more

When attempting to connect to Google BigQuery from Power BI, users currently encounter a list of all available projects within the organization, irrespective of their individual access permissions. This includes projects where the user does not have the necessary privileges to view or query any tables. This behavior creates unnecessary clutter, makes it difficult for users to quickly identify relevant projects, and can lead to confusion or wasted time attempting to access unauthorized data sources. We request an enhancement to the Power BI Google BigQuery connector. The desired functionality is that when a user connects, Power BI should only display the Google Cloud projects for which the authenticated user has explicit table-level access or higher. This would streamline the connection process, improve user experience, and enhance data governance by only presenting actionable options. ... View more