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Power BI Desktop - Tear Away Development Windows

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David Wilson on 29 Nov 2018 03:01:21

I suspect that many of us today have multiple monitors and/or large monitors. To make better use of the screen area during Power BI Development....

The development panes such as Fields, Visualisations, Selection, Sync Slicers, Field Properties should be able to be "torn away" and freely move to another screen... and/or allowed to float over the work area. This should also include a separate window pane for DAX code.

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63aa057e ec51-485e-8a7d-7016aefcd798 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:03

RE: Power BI Desktop - Tear Away Development Windows

Would be great some kind floating menu for filters, visualization, fields... Its make sense when you are in 2 or more windows.

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18d3cdd2 8e65-423e-b895-c252ff1a2ccb on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:30

RE: Power BI Desktop - Tear Away Development Windows

This would make me very happy as I am always flipping between the Report and Data view when trying to troubleshoot.

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f1c1628c c29f-4bea-ab12-17c05f454254 on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:27

RE: Power BI Desktop - Tear Away Development Windows

Yes please. After working a lot with power pivot, which is open in a separate window allowing me to have excel open at the same time, it feels really frustrating to be stuck in one window.

1. In Power Pivot I can keep working with the reports while data is being updated to power pivot. In Power BI, everything is put on hold while waiting for data to be updated.
2. In Power Pivot, since I have the report (Excel) window open parallell to the data window, it's easier for me to see the needs from the report and the effect in the report from the changes I do in the model.

Would love for this to be implemented.

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7c69182e 0f77-4b2a-9418-a3457d197181 on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:37

RE: Power BI Desktop - Tear Away Development Windows

Similar idea to this: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/16943434-windowed-views-for-reports-data-relationships-a

These ideas should be merged.