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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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    6c6e3457 7e2a-4880-b257-5c95635362ea on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:12

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    We need a disable all interactions feature asap, doing this manually where you have 10s of visuals is a nightmare!

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    4d4cc319 b8d3-4be0-8524-40d3a67d222c on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:12

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    I am not sure why this option is not there, i have wasted 3+ hours today for interactions with the page with 50+ visuals. This could have done in 15 minutes with this option.

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    b1a92dec c272-447d-be93-5e4edf07a60e on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:39

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    please add!

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    eab0f5ac cc39-49ee-90e9-5c2711d733bd on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:23

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    Yes, this is still needed!

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    f7476791 316c-4332-b01a-501791df830f on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:02

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    A simple Control + Click which sets the same Filter/Highlight/None interaction between the selected visualization and all other eligible visuals on the page would be an immense time/frustration saver.

    As the original poster laments, navigating these selections within a compact design is problematic.

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    413cee74 3530-4bcb-855f-5b6354ea7fea on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:14

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    Same issue

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    8366927d 91c6-4c9e-a277-b6ba6c72ecd1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:48

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    There is a setting I have just found under options > CURRENT FILE >> Query Reduction, the tick disabling cross highlighting/filtering by default. Might help here.

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    0dee53ac 00b9-4c54-a316-aa5b89f78e58 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:42

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    Yes we need disable all option at Dashboard level.

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    ba7eab69 c3c9-4a4d-bb33-ec8f3ce7a077 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:23

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    Would save a lot of time indeed!

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    ba7eab69 c3c9-4a4d-bb33-ec8f3ce7a077 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:22

    RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

    Agree, would save a lot of time!