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"Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

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Kevin H on 24 Nov 2016 01:41:18

At the top of the menu in the Power BI Service is a "Favorites" section. When I click it, I see the following message:

"You don't have any favorites yet ... You can favorite any of your content to find it quickly here. Just click the [star] and it becomes a favorite."

So I started by looking at a Report, which I use most frequently, and I didn't see a star anywhere! Then I looked at a Dashboard, and saw the star to click.

So, it seems you can favorite a Dashboard, but not a Report. Right?

I would ask that you please expand the "Favorites" functionality to include Reports.

And/or, in the short term, clarify the message about how to use favorites. Maybe it should say, "You don't have any favorites yet ... You can favorite any DASHBOARD to find it quickly here. Just click the [star] and it becomes a favorite" ... because it seems you can't actually favorite "any of your content."

Thanks!

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55e90c01 fb03-45e7-a78a-5df3a9bf4fae on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:28

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

My organization needs the ability to favorite a REPORT, not a dashboard. Please resolve!

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06b35ebb ac3a-473f-bd05-1ec95c8d5c15 on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:42

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

Should also be able to favorite a dashboard/report within an app. Right now you can only favorite the entire app which isn't very useful.

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c2d6b64d 7370-418c-8cbc-2286c3cc9d0e on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:50

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

Indeed at the bare minimum, a clarification in the wording as stated by Kevin.

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278efe96 e9ce-431d-af8e-6840ac38dddd on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:36

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

Allowing users to tag Reports as a Favorite is very important to our stakeholders. We have a number of reports that are considered "operational". The reports typically only use a table or matrix as the "visual" along with a set of filters. Reports such as these are not ideally suited for a dashboard.

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f3e5d0bf 9af3-4942-8371-75ecd7254cbf on 05 Jul 2020 22:52:55

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

the idea that favourites are limited to a subset of what you can look at is extremely dumb. this desperately needs resolving.

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846aedcb 112c-4d27-a1c3-0e63b29696d2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:57

RE: "Favorites" -- expand and/or clarify how to use it

I hope also that the "Favorites" functionality includes Reports as well, i dont get why it doesn't work in the first place!!