Scenario: Management has requested an easy way to view a subset of strategic reports located in different Power BI workspaces. You can ask the users to mark reports and dashboards as favorites so they can access pertinent content in the Favorites menu, but you're looking for an easier configuration, such as to create a book of reports with a built-in navigation that organizes reports in…
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Scenario: You plan to display a Power BI report on a monitor. You want the report to automatically cycle through report pages, showing each after a configurable time delay, like a photo slide show. Solution: There are at least two solutions to accomplish this: The Microsoft-supported way is to install the Power BI Mobile for Windows and use its presentation mode feature, which is shown…
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Besides the built-in cross-filtering and cross-highlighting among visuals, Power BI supports two explicit filtering options: slicers and filters. Which one to use? Traditionally, you would use a slicer when you want the user to easily see what's filtered on the report page. But with the introduction of the new filter pane and slicer enhancements, the choice becomes more difficult. Let's compare the two options: Criteria…
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