Adding comments to specific row in table visual

[kbhalll]

I have different table visuals in a dashboard. The end user wants to add comments against specific rows in any of the table visual. 

I have looked at the solutions on the forum, but none of them work for this requirement.

Anybody has any solutions? What license is needed for it ?

Thanks

[v-ssriganesh]

Hello @kbhalll,

We hope you're doing well. Could you please confirm whether your issue has been resolved or if you're still facing challenges? Your update will be valuable to the community and may assist others with similar concerns.

Thank you.

[Olufemi7]

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

[tayloramy]

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

[Olufemi7]

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.

[v-priyankata]

Hi @kbhalll 

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community.

@MasonMA @cengizhanarslan @tayloramy Thanks for the inputs.

I hope the information provided by users was helpful. If you still have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the community.

[tayloramy]

Hi @kbhalll, 

If you have a Fabric capacity, this looks like a textbook use case for Translytical Task Flows: 
Understand translytical task flows - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

[cengizhanarslan]

The pattern works like this:

• A Power Apps visual is embedded in the report

• The selected row’s key (e.g. CaseID, OrderID) is passed from the table visual to Power Apps

• The user writes a comment

• The comment is saved to an external store (SharePoint list, Dataverse, SQL)

• The report reads the comments back via a relationship

This gives you:

• True row-level comments

• Persistence across users and sessions

• Security and auditability

• A solution that Microsoft supports in production

Licensing

• Power BI Pro (or higher) for report access

• Power Apps:

  • SharePoint list → often covered by M365

  • Dataverse / SQL → Power Apps Premium

[MasonMA · Accepted solution]

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!