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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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b5588148 8109-47d1-a40d-45e5262644eb on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:38

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

very much needed, bcoz we work in Local mode, and other modes too. It is time consuming.

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37ce09f6 8971-4b9b-ab63-ffb1004f153b on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:57

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Good Idea and will improve a lot the benefits.

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b7cde6cb abe6-443b-8791-3f4d04aa6ad9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:56

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Amazing Idea !!!

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36d51525 7a07-4f27-b34a-c15f5e5b0f1f on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:45

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Good idea and very necessary!

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ddaa89fe 3d00-4589-bcb2-193172b80ee6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:03

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Yes... is pretty necessary.

Very annoying when you have +50 visuals across bookmarks

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a7a87658 9b00-493b-a300-8318a73ef2df on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:40

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

This idea is amazing. We need it. Maybe it will be useful if, plus the option to enable/disable, a window where we can manage easily the existent interactions in the page. Thanks.

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8459ff16 1a3c-4ed8-97bf-a1d677d91dc7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:40

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

We need this ASAP. Creating new visuals and disabling non-desirable interactions consumes to much time, and opens a window for many data misunderstoods.

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5c156c97 1251-4cd6-b27f-337422908c07 on 05 Jul 2020 23:04:07

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

My point of view: if users get used to the interaction in tables and you turn off all other visuals, mouse over is still visible. That might cause users to misinterpret data. They never know when tables are interactive and when not - so they cant know for sure when data shows correctly.

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52c5056f 3ee9-4cd3-9e12-3a95f7f3aafc on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:09

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Please give us a toggle in both the table and matrix visuals to turn on/off interactions with the visual itself.
Sometimes we don't want people to interact with the table but just view the table. Its really a hassle turning off interaction for every other visual on the page.

Thank you

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1e4da31b 5360-4a92-8360-1fff89a57cc0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:00

RE: Disable visual highlighting and interactions

Please also consider following ideas along with this one: https://goo.gl/SqjCh2
https://goo.gl/PwkMBn