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Tony Gaul on 27 Mar 2015 13:36:49

I'd like to be able to select a record in a table and have a chart on the dashboard filtered by that record. For example in PerformancePoint you can create a KPI list and then have a filter action to filter a line chart by the selected KPI. Ideally it would be good to have something similar to Tableau chart actions where you can customize which charts are affected by the filter, method of activating the action (click, hover etc). I understand this might be complex so I'd settle for a special type of table which restricts you to one dimension and many measures, and clicking on a dimension value would filter all charts on the dashboard.

Administrator on 06 Jun 2017 06:57:44

We have this feature in the new table and matrix visual. Learn more in the blog: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-feature-summary/#table

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95ac73d4 4f65-4967-9878-1fda478c2d19 on 05 Jul 2020 22:19:12

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I totally agree with the previous comments

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7696c8e8 ac7d-47b7-9ff4-65232841143d on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:28

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Tableau kicks ass in this respect

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0c22f756 5587-488e-94c3-52f615961536 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:55

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One of the only reasons I'm still using Tableau over powerBI

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534b4794 e3ed-4cb5-8ee9-18f12d33d93a on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:54

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Will be extremely helpful

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87534177 1566-4e23-80b1-2da4a46fba3a on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:46

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It would be very nice when we can use this feature in Power BI. I noticed that the customer is getting more and more familiar with Power BI. At 1st their needs were basic. Now they start working with it and with it their needs grow. One of the questions they raised is whether it is possible to filter charts and graphs based on table content. They don’t want to use a slicer based on 2 reasons.
1) Quick and flexible filters based on table content. They don’t want to scroll down a slicer 1st to find what they looking for.
2) Waste of space on page view. If the filtering can be done by table content, then a slicer is not needed. The space you create can be used for some other graph or chart you want to show

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c6232295 f04a-4920-8090-6424af5d178c on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:25

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Would help with Power BI adoption.

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034519ac 4ff6-4157-bd15-2f889d260205 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:02

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This would be great to have. Definitely don't want to need to have a visual to filter.

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ed1eae5d 3413-41a7-8616-cbec8d7aba4d on 05 Jul 2020 22:15:59

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This is something in Tableau that has been a primary comparison point for my company. It's hard to fit everything that might need to be filtered or interacted with in a visual or a slicer when users are accustomed to seeing it in grid mode in Tableau and QlikView.

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034519ac 4ff6-4157-bd15-2f889d260205 on 05 Jul 2020 22:15:56

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Agreed, this would be great. Currently you can only filter by Slicers, which have to search capabilitiy, or you force the data to be represented visually which at times, a table can be more effective.

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1e8f1ba7 3149-46fa-ae5a-668d7016c8e6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:47

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I agree - this request has also be made by my clients. It would be useful to be able to click on tables and by that create the "highlighter".