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Hi all,
I am experiencing some problem with the Cross-report drill through functionality and was hoping someone can help.
I have 2 reports (e.g. Report A and Report B) both published to the same Workspace (e.g. Workspace C).
The dimension table (used for cross-filtering) exists in both Report A and Report B and are identical. The idea is that users can do a cross-report drill through from Report A into Report B.
I am the Admin of Workspace C. We also have another Admin of the Workspace C (e.g. User D). Additionally, we have 10 other users who have Read + Build access to Report B.
I have the option "Allow visuals in this report to use drillthrough targets from other reports" turned on in Report A and Report B.
Situation:
When I access Report A, I can right-click and see the option to do a Drill through to Report B.
When User D (the other Admin of Workspace C) accesses Report A, he does not see Report B in his drill through option.
All other users, when they access Report A in Workspace C, they too cannot see Report B in their drill through option.
It seems I am the only user who can see Report B in the drill through option. Not even the other Admin can which I find very baffling.
Does anyone have any ideas on what could be happening?
I was facing the problem that for some users cross-report drillthrough context menu worked and others didn't.
Short answer:
Long answer:
Take a look at this article
Hi, @Shawnobyl
Here are some things you can check:
Use cross-report drillthrough in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
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Hey, I've also an issue similar to that. Aloow cross report for bot Source & Target, at same workspace (my private), same fileds name biut not working.. what can it be?
Thanks @v-zhangti. I tried to include as much detail in my original post as possible to avoid repetition of the same information.
In response to you suggestions:
Thanks
@Shawnobyl I am having the exact same issue.
It was working until a couple of days ago, but now only I (workspace admin) can see the drillthrough option?
UPDATE:
Unhiding the reports in the App appears to have fixed the drillthrough issue.
Not sure why this has changed as it is desirable to have the specific drillthrough target reports hidden?
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