Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Status:
New
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...
alicelaura
Microsoft Employee
5 years agoThis sounds similar to something that I find frustrating as well. When I add a new data source or refresh data in PowerBI desktop, it can take a while. So I work in other apps while that is happening, for example writing an email in Outlook. As soon as PowerBI is done with the refresh though, it steals focus and interrupts whatever I am doing. I might be mid-sentence in an email, and suddenly my report has stolen focus and is right in front of me. It is jarring and disruptive. I would prefer that the app blink politely in the task bar when it is done.