Power BI Desktop application stealing focus multiple times when refreshing or opening

Please can something be done about this infuriating problem? I want to be able to set a big PBIX dashboard to open, and then while it is taking time to load, go and work on another windows applicatio...

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v-qiuyu-msft

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6 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

Thank you for your video. I tested follow your steps but unfortunately not able to reproduce the issue. What's your Power BI desktop version? Would you please run the same Power BI desktop version 2.79.5768.1082 64-bit (March 2020) as ours then test again.

Best Regards,
Qiuyu Yu

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