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Redmond Hartop on 18 May 2018 16:39:30

When clicking on certain elements of a visual, I can control the interaction this selection has on other visuals within the report, but I was wondering if there is the ability to completely disable the clickability of a visual? I don't want the end users to be able to click on the visual at all, so neither the selected visual or other visuals would be highlighted? Tooltips should still be viewable on hover.

This feature should be available for use in both service and desktop.

More information on the unsuccessful attempts people have made trying to achieve this with graphs/charts can be found here:

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Disabling-chart-highlighting-and-interactions/m-p/420353#M193201

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923ac73c 81c8-4c94-bf1b-32930c580976 on 10 Jul 2020 17:22:01

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

How can this still not be enabled, 2 years after it's requested! It should be simple to add and would save me a huge amount of time.

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7389a460 5a1f-4dc3-8ccd-52ce89004e91 on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:36

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

This needs to be a feature. Exactly how slicers and pivot tables can be edited in Excel, we need that for Power BI.

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b548bbf9 9721-4e68-8cdf-259b870f3629 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:12

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Any update here?

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d97b3d72 bde8-4270-ad23-0a6e7ce1d795 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:27

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

no brainer - give an option to switch on or off static (non clickable, not interactive) visuals please.

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40d60bb0 de9f-41c6-bca3-77b80e00176f on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:36

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Currently, we can use a function in "Query reduction" , which is "Disable cross highlighting / filtering by default". this can disable all interactions at once. But may need to be careful to use it as it will disable all interaction.
It's still worthy to have a feature to disable interaction in bulk for some visuals, not all of them.

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1bfad4ae be66-4d72-a974-c603506c4d35 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:07

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Needed.

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1cbb0898 c5a1-4907-b3f1-f1f2f6b2b5d9 on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:50

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

THEY DON'T GIVE A FK, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO CLICK 870 TIMES.

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acbe9793 e6a9-4d06-bd4f-0c51ff11e75e on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:46

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

As per the below comment: I had to do this for 70 visuals that overlapped. 4,830 clicks! It must have taken two+ hours. My shoulder is still sore 24 hours later!

"PLEASE ADD! Think about this... currently if there are 30 visuals on a page and you don't want any interaction, you must choose each one and then turn off the other 29. That's 870 clicks!!! And if any of the visuals overlap, you can't even click to turn off interaction without first bringing it to front or moving/resizing."

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4fef6f6e bf1a-4a15-a1bf-374839d7e421 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:57

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Any update on the request to toggle off ALL interactions for multiple visuals at once... Not a fan of selecting each individually and switching to none.

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d9f66855 f7bb-ea11-a812-000d3a9b112e on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:27

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

also vote for this:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/33846883-make-visuals-unselectable