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Add a way to organize and categorize Apps

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AG on 30 Jan 2020 18:16:57

We really need a better way to organize and categorize PBI Apps. Larger enterprises have many variants of Apps from those containing high quality reports for decision makers to the self-service ad-hoc reports with less quality requirements. Please add ways for the admin to f.ex. create groups or tags to seperate various "types" of Apps. I really like the functionality for certified datasets so maybe a similar feature could also be added for Apps as a sort of "Mark of quality". This again would have to be made available to a select group of users or groups so the admin could control it.

Hope you are working on something like this as this is really needed for large scale deployments.

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a5a4ef75 d4f4-e811-a956-000d3a4f36ce on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:54

RE: Add a way to organize and categorize Apps

Oh my gosh yes! The Home Page is awesome, but it's also a bit of a train wreck. Once you've installed apps, they're all just lilly pads on a pond. There's no way to group them or prioritize them besides the "Promote App", but what if you have lots of promoted apps for a range of audiences? Maybe allow tenants to define categories, and then allow App publishers to pick the categor(ies) that are relevant to the app?

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eb05f27c b9fc-4095-a5da-3a7ff4ad8e6c on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:29

RE: Add a way to organize and categorize Apps

My company is also just starting to employ PowerBI reports and we are struggling with how to organized apps in a way that is meaningful to the consumers that will be using the reports and dashboards. Suggestions have included creating apps by Business Unit, By Report purpose, by project. We are also attempting to create some governance that will help minimize duplicative reporting, create intuitive navigation, and assist with maintenance of content. Any suggestions or examples of "Best practices" would be appreciated.