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Ketan Ghelani on 08 Jun 2015 08:59:46

Interacting on the Dashboard itself. Currently the dashboard drills through to the report. I would like to interact with the dashboard.

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30b5ab1b 6636-e811-a95c-000d3a1bee29 on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:15

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Please allow us to interact on the Dashboard! I cannot tell you how many times a user of a dashboard I have made has come to me complaining that my report is broken. Every time, it has been this unintuitive quirk, where the user has to go to the report itself, rather than the dashboard, for this interactivity to work. This makes so little sense.

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d35bfd32 62e5-4dda-a513-dc1a31101dce on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:44

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This is so critical.

We have a master data model, that model supports multiple reports (connected to the master data model in LIVE mode). We want to pin visuals and pages from different reports (that share the same Master model) to the same dashboard (all reside in the same workspace), and have them be INTERACTIVE. Why isn't this possible? they share the EXACT same Data Model.

This ability, to have the Dashboard work as the highest level presentation layer, with its more flexible canvass (wider, longer) , along with the ability to interact there would be a game changer.


Being able to interact within pinned pages is great, the next step, along the idea of utilizing the CDM/CDS and app/service integration, would be to let ANY object (PBI report, Flow, Power App, etc) using the same data model interact in a common workspace.

Integration and Conformity on a Common Data Model would drive so much capability and value.


We want to be able to cross-filter and pass context across reports, and the Dashboard seems like a logical place to start testing that type of integration.

Thanks for all the hard work!

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57722a41 c2da-4afe-9b04-6485f421698e on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:09

RE: Dashboard interaction

Please do it Power BI! You would make the world much better with this feature :)

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dc990386 860f-445c-a6e5-a2a736988bc2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:10

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Interaction with the Dashboard makes complete sense if you would like to filter through different individuals results and view interactions. This means that you have to create a bespoke dashboard for each individual.

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b1a92dec c272-447d-be93-5e4edf07a60e on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:49

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Please add. Got no more votes left :(

I agree fully with Christopher Woodward below :
I agree because now I am building reports into Dashboards and that kind of defeats the purpose of the dashboard itself.

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ecb67f07 4ca7-431c-824f-740b3487ec2a on 05 Jul 2020 22:10:27

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This is needed, why do someone needs to go to report to see drilldown, they can see all in one readonly dashboard. Report should be internal to Designer.

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b1eb09b3 0d0e-4027-a73b-efdcd1f22704 on 05 Jul 2020 22:03:01

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I agree because now I am building reports into Dashboards and that kind of defeats the purpose of the dashboard itself.

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724377c0 e349-42b2-b2ea-3b567731fdeb on 05 Jul 2020 22:02:57

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I need to have the same view for multiple, selectable suppliers

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1e8f1ba7 3149-46fa-ae5a-668d7016c8e6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:02:27

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I think this is quite a strategic decision. i don't see an added value in interaction with the dashboard. But at least it should be updated, but not only kept as a "static screenshot". But navigation on the dashboard does not make sense to me, it would make no difference to the report then.