I am happy to discuss this further - rajkaurNC@yahoo.com   I have been using power BI and many of my users across companies struggle to find help in a visual without us adding a <blank button> or ? or (i) in the visual.   My suggestion - is to leverage Alt Text property in the Properties pane for this. Every visual has that and no body use it much.  What ever we type in into <Alt Text> property of a visual will be displayed as Help when use Hovers over any visual. Kindly make this happen, will help many user communities.   Sincerely, Raj Kaur ... View more

This is a suggestion to fix an issue im noticing a lot of us are having while trying to export the RAD report. Is it possible to move the reminder "**This report is not to be used for compensation**" to the left or somewhere else visible? This helps the export option show easier. At the moment we are all having a hard time getting the export option to show with the reminder in the same spot. Thank you!     ... View more

Description When multiple users open and edit the same PBIX file stored in a shared location (such as a network drive, SharePoint, or OneDrive), Power BI Desktop currently provides no warning that someone else already has the file open. This leads to a critical issue: the last person to save overwrites all previous changes, often causing: Total loss of work for the second user Version conflicts and accidental overwrite errors PBIX file corruption Reduced confidence in collaborative BI development workflows This problem severely impacts teams who collaborate on PBIX files and rely on shared storage locations. Proposed Feature Introduce a built‑in editing presence indicator, similar to what exists in Office applications. This could include: A red or amber “Someone is editing” status light when a PBIX file is already open elsewhere A warning prompt on open: “Another user is currently editing this PBIX file. Opening it simultaneously may cause conflicts.” A read‑only opening option if the file is already in use Optional auto‑lock of the PBIX file when the first user opens it Automatic version history capture to reduce the risk of corruption or data loss Why This Matters This improvement would: Prevent accidental overwrites Protect hours of development work Reduce the risk of corrupted PBIX files Improve collaboration between analysts and developers Align Power BI Desktop with modern collaboration expectations across Microsoft 365 Teams rely heavily on shared PBIX development, and this issue can lead to significant rework and productivity loss. Who Is Affected BI developers and analysts Any team co‑editing PBIX files in shared folders Organisations without full version‑controlled or Fabric‑based development pipelines Users collaborating on operational or analytical PBIX reports ... View more

Power BI currently exposes dataset‑level lineage and model metadata, but does not expose visual‑level field/table usage anywhere. Tools like Measure Killer, Power BI Cleaner, RADACAD Clean‑up, Bravo, DAX Studio, or the Admin Scan API can determine usage only by combining model dependencies—NOT pure visualization usage. This makes it impossible to: Identify which tables/columns are used only by visuals Determine which fields can be safely removed from the model Audit visual dependencies accurately in large shared‑dataset (thin report) deployments Request: Please change the way metadata is stored in power bi to be able to get Visual‑level field usage Which tables/columns are used by visuals, filters, and slicers A “visual dependency map” that excludes model-level DAX/relationships that are not used in visualizations. This would drastically improve governance, dataset optimization, and report maintenance across enterprise deployments. ... View more

I would like to request an enhancement to the Power BI subscription emails. Currently, when a report or visual is included as an image in the subscription email, there is no option to adjust the image size. It would be very helpful if Power BI allowed users to control or customize the image dimensions in subscription emails, so that the visuals can be displayed more clearly and appropriately for different audiences. ... View more

Due to various operational constraints, our Power BI Report Server (PBIRS) has to be deployed in a non-domain environment. The Windows authentication mechanism in PBIRS has proven to be very cumbersome. Specifically, when the webpage loads, the call to the `api/v2.0/me` endpoint consistently takes 6-7 seconds to complete, which severely degrades the user experience. Additionally, we've encountered a critical issue: Power BI Desktop and the Power BI mobile app are unable to connect to the report server via the REST API when Custom Authentication is enabled. This has been a long-standing problem that has significantly impacted our daily workflow. We sincerely hope the official team can prioritize and optimize this as soon as possible. It would be greatly appreciated if compatibility with Power BI Desktop and the Power BI app under Custom Authentication could be added in a future update. Without this improvement, our daily work will remain very inconvenient, which is truly disappointing. Looking forward to your timely updates. ... View more

I propose introducing a context-aware AI assistant integrated directly into Power BI and Microsoft Fabric workflows, extending beyond generic Copilot interactions. The idea is to enable an AI assistant (LLM-based) that is aware of the semantic model, measures, data sources, and visuals, and can assist users throughout the analytics lifecycle, including: Translating business questions into optimized DAX measures Explaining existing DAX, Power Query (M), SQL, or Spark logic in plain language Suggesting data modeling and performance optimization best practices Recommending appropriate visuals and layouts based on analytical intent Generating insight narratives tied to actual KPIs and report context Assisting users transitioning from Excel/Power BI into Fabric notebooks and Lakehouse workflows This integration would significantly lower the learning curve for Fabric adoption, improve governance-aware AI usage, and help analysts move from dashboards to decisions more effectively. It would be especially valuable for non-native English users and emerging analytics communities. This proposal is based on real-world training and community experience with large-scale Power BI and Fabric adoption, where users consistently need contextual, decision-focused guidance rather than generic AI responses. ... View more

Revert PowerBI desktop sidebar icons to previous iteration, or at least make them legible. The new ones look like blobs that haven't rendered properly.   ... View more

I want to be able to allow a specific group of users to set up email subscriptions.   In my admin portal view I only get the following Can this be updated to allow specific user groups?   Thanks ... View more

Hello Power BI, Data Modeling & DAX Functions should be hidden for proprietary controls, so people may not able to see or access it by any means. Moreover, Power Pivot functions and Excel regular functions can also be hidden / and functionality should be provided to secure formulas and function, or user defined functions etc. Similarly for Power Query too. ... View more

Adding metadata tagging to Power BI would significantly enhance end‑user searchability by making reports, visuals, and datasets easier to locate and understand. As organizations scale their data environments, users often struggle to find the right report or identify which visual contains the information they need. Metadata tags - such as business terms, data domain labels, departments, or analytical themes - would allow Power BI’s search experience to return more relevant, contextual results. Instead of relying solely on file names or workspace structures, end users could search keywords that reflect how they think about the business, improving discoverability and reducing time spent hunting for the correct asset (this has been such a huge painpoint for our organization as we've scaled up).   Metadata tagging would also streamline the integration and reuse of existing visual assets across reports. Today, teams frequently recreate visuals because they can’t easily identify or retrieve previously built components. With metadata tags applied to visuals, datasets, and reports, authors could quickly surface related assets - such as all visuals tied to “financial KPIs” or “supply chain risk” - and embed or adapt them in new reports. This promotes consistency in visual standards, reduces redundant work, and accelerates report development. By enabling structured tagging, Power BI would better support scalable asset management and empower organizations to build upon their existing analytics foundation rather than reinventing it with each new project. ... View more

Hello,   I would like to report an incorrect literal translation in the Spanish version of Power BI. In line charts, within the “Error bars” section, the terms “Upper bound” and “Lower bound” are currently translated as “Mayúsculas” and “Minúsculas”, at least as shown in the tooltip when hovering over the chart. This is incorrect, as it refers to uppercase/lowercase text rather than statistical limits.   The correct translation should be something like “Límite superior” and “Límite inferior” (or simply “Superior/Inferior” for a shorter version).   Please consider updating this, as the current wording is confusing and misleading for Spanish‑speaking users.   Thank you for your attention and for improving the product.   Víctor     ... View more

We are experiencing an issue in Power BI where text data behaves differently between the report view and exported files. In the Power BI report, the data displays correctly with the original case preserved (case-sensitive as per the source). However, when exporting the same data to Excel, the text values are automatically converted to lowercase. We validated the source data format after following the recommended troubleshooting steps, and the casing is correct at the source level. Despite this, the issue persists only during export. As suggested by the product team, we also tried exporting the report data as a .CSV file instead of a standard Excel file. Unfortunately, the problem still occurs, and the exported data continues to appear in lowercase. This inconsistency between report visualization and export behavior can lead to data quality and reporting concerns, especially for use cases where text casing is critical (for example, codes, identifiers, or business-specific naming conventions). Request: We request an enhancement or fix to ensure that exported data (Excel or CSV) preserves the original text casing exactly as displayed in the Power BI report and source data. Additionally, improved transparency or documentation around export transformations would be helpful. ... View more

We have some reports that are drawing data from multiple semantic models of other reports. Occasionally the owners of those reports make changes which cause a refresh issue in our models. Sometimes a column changes within a table, other times the whole table within a model.   This creates a refresh error which prevents further automated or manual updates. But the only information provided in the error is the name of the table that has changed, as per the screenshot below. In this case four different tables from four different semantic models are all showing the same error, making it impossible to easily determine which model was reponsible for the error.   In some cases, where we have renamed the tables or columns in the receiving report, for source clarity, it becomes even more difficult to determine which model the error originated from.   To allow for easier troubleshooting it would be useful to know which model was responsible for the initial error, so that we can reach out to the report owners and correct the issue.   ... View more

Event Stream resources currently turn active in the target location. For example, using git integration to checkout a branch to a new workspace lets eventstream resources become active and that causes unplanned CU consumption. It also becomes an issue when the expectation is for developers, whether working on the eventstream or not, to have to go through all evenstream items and mirror its original state before working on their planned task within the workspace.  ... View more

As per Export Data from a Power BI Visualization - Power BI | Microsoft Learn,  When using embed for your customers, export data from a visual doesn't work in the following cases: The semantic model of the embedded report is a composite model with direct query connection to another semantic model, and the embedding is done using a Service Principal. The semantic model of the embedded report has at least one data source with Single-Sign-On enabled, and the embed token contains a datasourceIdentity embed token.   Could you please help to improve the design of Power BI embed solution to allow for above scenarios?    As far as I can see, they are common scenarios for Embed for your customer solution with Premium capacity. Please kindly help to consider and priotize the design change.  ... View more

When tags are just value, we get a flat list (mess).   Tags should be key:value, so we can group and organize the tags, create tag hierarchies, etc. ... View more

It would be great to be able to toggle the table of contents with a keyboard shortcut. ... View more

It would be great if we could copy & paste directly from the "Notes" section without having to open "Notes", wait for to load and copy and paste from there. Currently, the ability to "Copy" directly from the "Notes" section is disabled. Can we work on a solution? This would save a lot of time and a lot of "clicks". Thank you in advance. ... View more