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Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

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James Bashforth on 19 Feb 2016 08:43:54

I have a number of customers that currently use Excel for data manipulation. In some cases data points are changed/corrected and comment is provided. It would be advantageous to allow commentary against a specific data point, similar to the way PerformancePoint allows comments against an item.

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6bd9d91d f60b-42ad-b699-2f85b42de115 on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:13

RE: Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

Need comments allowed per grain of data. For example, if I want to comment on a field in a matrix, and there is a slicer set to June 2019, that comment should only show up for June 2019. When I switch to July 2019, the report should have no comments again until they're added for that specific grain and period of data.

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f6004cb3 7b13-4061-ad65-9d03a2b863c4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:11

RE: Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

We have users that want to add a comment to a report table as if they were in Excel. Their ask is: if a delivery is early/late, the manager wants to make a comment, for all to see, regarding what is going on with that order. This allows the other users of the report to see the latest update. This is typically regarding a Table or Matrix table visual.

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7301071c 088f-4d70-9a2d-bf470c94befd on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:06

RE: Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

Might be better to move the votes on this idea to this one which has twice as many votes:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/12301476-commentary-option

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481290b3 9570-4b11-84c3-9d47d2250c56 on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:21

RE: Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

My finance users always like to store comments against exceptional data points. The only solution I have for them at present is Excel. 'alerts'ing or workflow associated with the comment is also desirable.

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dd075075 4fdd-48cc-8dc1-a048922cb2c9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:52

RE: Provide commentary against specific data points/cross sections

This is a great idea James! We also have number of clients waiting for this feature.