Fabric Ideas

mosleyrs

for text items, instead of summarizing by first or last, i'd like to have a comma sepparated list of all the items

frithjof_v

Sometimes, when looking at connections in Manage Gateways and Connections, it's difficult to remember "what's this data source connection being used for"? It would be good if we could add descriptions to connections, so we can use it as a note for our future self about why this connection was created. This will in turn be useful when doing connection cleanup (deleting existing connections), for which there isn't really any good solution today to know what a connection is being used for.

EsraaKamal

Adding Page-Level Conditional Formatting Rules in Power BI, a feature that allows users to define one rule and have it automatically applied across all visuals on the page. Ideally, it should also support applying the rule across all fields in a row for consistent, row-level highlighting. I’m suggesting this idea because I’ve personally struggled with managing conditional formatting efficiently in my reports. When I need consistent highlighting across a dashboard, for example, marking negative values or high-risk records, I have to repeat the same formatting steps visual by visual and column by column. This becomes time-consuming and hard to maintain. This feature would also help address another limitation: Power BI currently doesn’t support row-level conditional formatting. Page-level rules would be a practical solution that simplifies the process, ensures consistency, and reduces repetitive work for report developers like me.

callmesaint

I don't know if it has already been submited but when creating dashboards on PowerBI online or desktop we would like to have a button that enable or disable the hidden sheets for users. It would ease the navigation between sheets.

frithjof_v

When looking at my connections in Manage Gateways and Connections, with the aim to delete unused connections, I'm wondering where each connection is being used. Please provide a user API, or admin API, that can list where each data source connection is being used.

frithjof_v

When looking at a connection in Manage Gateways and Connections, and wondering if it's safe to delete, it would be really useful to know when the connection was created and when it was last modified. This can help us understand, or remember, what the connection is being used for. This would be really beneficial for the management of connections.

DomD

The idea is, similar of the Power Point Slide Master, to create in a Power BI file one tab, which is used accross all other tabs as a foundation / framework. This Master-Tab should be able to include all parts of a normal Power BI tab. Using this Master Tab shall enable the user to create and maintain a standardized view across all tabs, e.g. regarding slicers, KPI cards, titles, logo etc. which then only need to be adjusted on one tab and then applied to all others.

rsapena

Dataflow Gen2 previews become very slow when a query contains several heavy merges. Right now, the only way to keep developing smoothly is to output those merges to a table and continue the work in a separate dataflow, or switch to notebooks. If we could stage (freeze) a heavy query during development — and have it only refresh when an upstream step changes — then all downstream queries could reference that staged result instantly. This would make development much faster and let us continue building calculated columns and transformations inside the same dataflow. This could work in the same way staging already works for refreshes, but applied to development previews to avoid recomputing heavy steps every time.

JamesPerryDHSC

Many Power BI reports contain links to dead pages as manually checking hyperlinks is a tedious task Power BI cannot scan or crawl hyperlinks embedded in report text. There is no native or supported tooling to extract and validate those links automatically. Validation would require manual review or external processing after exporting and parsing report metadata. This could be fixed with a tool that automatically checked hyperlinks on a scheduled basis.

ymzhou

The current peerDependencies in powerbi-client-react specifies a strict React version. I suggest relaxing this to ">=16" to improve compatibility. Rationale: 1. Many enterprise projects run React 17 and cannot immediately upgrade to React 18 2. The PowerBI embed component doesn't use React 18-specific features 3. Many popular React libraries use ">=16" or ">=16.8" as their peer dependency range

rpe24

Please add the ability to auto-save (or even manual save) in Power Query for Excel for the web. I love that Power Query is now available in Excel for the web. My biggest hangup is that the combination of 1) no Power Query edits are saved until Close & Load, and 2) session timeouts in Excel for the web, means losing work if you don't remember to Close & Load. Even a recovery option or a log file of the query text would be amazing - I would rather paste those queries back in rather than having nothing.

KL-A

Add option to format visual section allowing developers to manually adjust the rotation of axis labels. Currently labels only auto rotate if labels are too long and chart is too small. I have scenarios where all label text must be visible but I do not have flexibility to decrease the size of my visual. This feature would also make it easier to match formatting of native chart axes with custom visuals built in plug-ins like Deneb.

vsmurli

Users are currently able to Personalize visuals, but the current personalization is limited to changing the Visualization Type and changing the Fields that are in the visual. Users cannot apply any additional formatting. Please add this ability... for users to be able to see the Formatting Pane dialogue window and make adjustment to the formatting (colors, text size, data labels, etc.) when Personalizing a visual.

overnichenko

It is basic ability that is availble in most popular applications (including natove Copilot), but somehow is not supported by PowerBI copilot. Sometimes we need to share the results of copilot investigation, discuss it or just save for a future references. But currently the only option is to copy/paste the content manually which is very inconvenient. Export to PDF or at least JSON will be much better.

pmscorca

Hi, I think that it could more useful to have a Set multi variables activity for pipelines in order to use only one activity to set multiple variables without implementing more Set variable activity in the same pipeline. Less development effort, more readability. Thanks Work better to work less.

Haroldhngn

Currently, in Power BI’s Matrix visual, the Format Visual > Column Subtotals setting applies to all measures in the visual. There is no option to selectively enable or disable column subtotals for individual measures. This limitation can lead to confusing or empty subtotal columns for certain calculated measures (such as MoM% Growth), where subtotals are not meaningful. Requested Enhancement: Please enhance the Matrix visual formatting so that under Format Visual > Column Subtotals, users can see a list of measures in the visual, and selectively enable or disable column subtotals for each measure independently. This would allow report designers to: Show subtotals only for relevant measures (e.g., sums, averages) Hide subtotals for calculated measures (e.g., ratios, growth rates) where they do not make sense Business Benefit: This feature would improve report clarity, reduce user confusion, and enable more professional and tailored reporting experiences.

jacksweeney25

2 Related Ideas: 1. The ability to customize the size of the page to eliminate charts that have horizontal scroll bars. I.e table too large for PDF / PPT export. 2. Another way to create more space is to allow font sizes smaller than 8.

deborshi_nag

As of today Microsoft Fabric capacity doesn't have explicit user-controlled warm pool for custom pools/capacity pools. Fabric offers Starter Pools (pre‑warmed, always-on Spark clusters) and High Concurrency sessions (session reuse) as the main “warmth” mechanisms. Microsoft documentation notes typical startup times of Starter Pools is ~5–10 seconds, whereas Custom Pools/Capacity Pools can take as long as ~2–5 minutes. Fabric capacities should be allowed a “keep warm” feature for custom pools in the sense of keeping clusters alive continuously. It will allow data engineering processes to run without a cold start-up. This can be a toggle button to allow admins to decide how they want to set it up.

samkikibaker

Currently there is no way to delete multiple items simulataneously in a workspace. Also there is no way to delete an entire folder and it's contents at once. This issue was raised previously (here) and the response was that the introduction of folders (released Q1 2024) would solve this. However this functionality is still not compatible with folders. There is a workaround to do it programatically however I feel this should be a feature within the Fabric UI.

reireirejinjin

Summary Please add backup and restore capabilities for Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric, similar to what is available in SQL DB in Fabric and in Azure Cosmos DB (e.g., continuous backup / point-in-time restore). Why this matters In production scenarios, we need an officially supported way to recover from: accidental updates/deletes application bugs causing data corruption operational mistakes (e.g., bad scripts, wrong parameters) Today, Cosmos DB in Fabric lacks a native restore mechanism, which makes it difficult to define a reliable operational recovery plan (RTO/RPO) for mission-critical workloads. Expected capabilities (examples) Point-in-time restore (PITR) / continuous backup restore Restore to a new database/container (safe recovery) Clear retention settings and documented limitations Current workaround (not ideal) We currently shortcut Cosmos DB in Fabric data into a Lakehouse and rely on Lakehouse time travel as a pseudo “backup/restore.” While this helps, it is a workaround and comes with additional complexity, operational overhead, and potential gaps compared to a first-class Cosmos DB restore feature. Reference Continuous Backup with Point-in-Time Restore - Azure Cosmos DB | Microsoft Learn Request Please provide a native, supported backup/restore solution for Cosmos DB in Fabric.

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PowerBI Summarization: comma separated list of values

Add Description To Data Source Connection

Page-Level Conditional Formatting Rules in Power BI

Create a button to hide users' hidden sheets while creating dashboards

See where data source connections are being used

Data Source Connections - Display Created Time and Modified Time

Option of using a Master-Tab in a Power BI file

Freeze Heavy Queries during Dataflow Gen2 Development

Add tool to crawl and validate hyperlinks embedded in Power BI report text

Relax React peerDependency to >=16 in powerbi-client-react

Auto-save (or even manual save) in Power Query for Excel for the web

Add option to manually adjust axis label rotation

When Personalizing visuals, also enable user to see Formatting Pane to make formatting adjustments

Allow Copilot to save/export conversation

Adding Set multiple variables activity for pipelines

Enhancement Request: Enable/Disable Column Subtotals Per Measure in Matrix Visuals

Custom Larger Page Sizes And Font Below 8 pt

"Keep Warm" feature for custom/capacity pools on Fabric

Multi-item & folder-level delete

Enable Backup & Restore for Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric

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