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Personal Bookmark Overwriting Updates to Filter Pane
Hi Hannahllmm ,
You're definitely on the right track with your thinking. Right now, embedded reports don’t have a built-in way to stop personal bookmarks from restoring everything to how it was saved including slicers and visual filters. That’s just how bookmarks work, even when embedded.
There’s nothing in the embed setup that can change this. The usual workaround is to let the bookmark load as normal, and then use the JavaScript Embed API to quickly reapply your required filter. Since your filter runs right after the bookmark, it ends up being what the user sees. If your filter is something that should always stick, it’s best to build that logic into the semantic model or DAX layer so bookmarks can’t override it. But if you can’t change the model, just reapplying the filter in your code is the way to go.
Thank you.
Super UserHi Hannahllmm,
As far as I know, there is no way around this.
You might be able to republish the report with personal bookmarkd disabled, and then publish it again with personal bookmarks enabled. That might (i'm not sure if it actually will) remove all personal bookmarks and force your users to make them again, hopefully with your new slicer setting saved in them this time.
This is the biggest struggle I have with personal bookmarks. In concept they are fantastic, but then when you need to manage them and the report changes/filters need to change, they are a nightmare.