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Adding comments to specific row in table visual
Hi,
You can leverage Power APP for the task. For tutorial you can refer to this video.
Can’t INPUT DATA in Power BI? Here is a WRITE BACK Option with Power Apps!
Hello kbhalll,
Power BI does not support adding comments directly to individual rows in a table visual. The built‑in Comments feature only works at the report or visual level. If you need row‑specific commentary, the common workarounds are either:
• Creating a separate comments table (in SharePoint, Dataverse, SQL, or Excel) linked to your dataset, or
• Embedding a Power Apps form in the report so users can write back comments tied to a row identifier.
Licensing:
• Standard commenting requires Power BI Pro (or Premium Per User/Premium capacity).
• Row‑level solutions via Power Apps also require a Power Apps license (and Dataverse Premium if used).
There is no native row‑level commenting feature today.
Microsoft documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/end-user-comment
Hi Olufemi7,
Thats not entirely true with Fabric. If you have Fabric, you can make a button in a power bi report run a user data function, which can then update the database to apply a comment to the row.
Understand translytical task flows - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Thank you tayloramy that’s a helpful addition. My original answer was focused on the standard Power BI Service, where row‑level comments aren’t natively supported and the usual workarounds are Power Apps or a linked comments table. As you noted, with Microsoft Fabric there’s now support for data write‑back via translytical task flows, which does make true row‑level commenting possible.