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Custom text in shared report/dashboard
Hi,
Is there an option to add custom text in a shared report/dashboard alongside a visual? Something like a .ppt slide?
In our team, we are migrating all of our reporting to Power BI and everything seems to be great, except that when we share a report/dashboard, there is a need to have some sort of text to explain the visual. While this is not an issue when presenting the report/dashboard real time(because we can talk about the data), it becomes a need when users view it by themselves(or share further).
Regards,
Hi Enigma ,
Yes, you can absolutely do this. In a report:
- You can add text boxes - so the text is always visible.
- You can add custom tooltips - so user would have to hover to see
- For a self-guided tour of your report, you could use bookmarks that user would click through and different visuals would be highlighted (or spotlighted) along with text if you wanted.
On a dashboard:
- Select ellipses (...) and choose "Add tile" > "Text box"
If you need more help, let me know and I can provide links to the documentation. Or search at docs.microsoft.com/powerbi
Michele
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Hi Enigma ,
Yes, you can absolutely do this. In a report:
- You can add text boxes - so the text is always visible.
- You can add custom tooltips - so user would have to hover to see
- For a self-guided tour of your report, you could use bookmarks that user would click through and different visuals would be highlighted (or spotlighted) along with text if you wanted.
On a dashboard:
- Select ellipses (...) and choose "Add tile" > "Text box"
If you need more help, let me know and I can provide links to the documentation. Or search at docs.microsoft.com/powerbi
Michele
The issue with using comments, is that your original information could end up scrolling below the fold.
Custom tooltips and/or text boxes stay where they are put 🙂
HTH
Michele
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