introduce built-in system fields such as current date/time, last refresh date/time, current user, etc
I know that Power BI is not SSRS, but recently I have been asked to include certain information on Power BI reports such as: * Current date / time * Current user * Last refresh date / time Since this information is not available in Power BI, I was wondering if MSFT could add them as built...
Export visual as raster image (bmp, png, jpg/jpeg) or vector/metafile (wmf, emf, svg, eps)
We should have the option to export a visual as an image. Not only raster images such as bmp, jpg or png, but also vectorial metafiles such as wmf, emf and svg. This is independent from the ability to allow visuals to be pasted onto other applications, which was submitted here: https://ideas.p...
Ability to move/drag filters across visual, page or report level
User just spent 10 minutes filtering data at a page level. Then they realise that the filter should be made at the report level instead. User tried to drag filter from page level to report level, but they couldn't do it.
Hierarchy for axis (x) in line visuals
In Excel, we can specify in a hierarchy of fields for the horizontal axis, which shows the values on top of each other quite nicely. Here is a screenshot of what I mean: http://i.imgur.com/fJWuCjI.png In my view (and the view of 3 of my customers) this is a must have for line charts in Power BI.
Gateway Update Notification and Auto update for Enterprise Gateway
We should be notified when there is a new version of both gateways. In addition, the Enterprise gateway should be updated automatically (admins should be able to turn this on/off).
add support for vector images (svg, emf, wmf, eps)
When adding images, we only have support for bitmap / raster image formats such as png, jpg, etc. These often tend to look distorted particularly when we shrink or expand the report beyond the resolution it has been designed in. Please allow support for vector images such as svg, emf, wmf a...
Table conditional formatting improvements: better precision controls (greater than, less than, greater or equal, less or equal, equal, not)
When specifying a conditional formatting, we should have a better control of the colour gradients and precision on what colour constitutes what value. For example: * RED: Less than 0.5 * AMBER: Equal or greater than 0.5, less than 0.8 * GREEN: Equal or greater than 0.8 We might also not w...
R visuals - allow upload of R packages just like Azure ML does
It is really neat that Power BI service now supports R visuals. However it is unfortunate that only a selected number of packages is available. What I suggest is the same approach that Azure ML took. They allow us to upload R packages to be used.
add a decent built-in time slicer into Power BI
The custom visual tlimeline slicer that Microsoft made available at https://app.powerbi.com/visuals/show/Timeline1447991079100 is an abomination. It is clunky, has poor customisation options, bad CSS, and overall poor UX experience. Microsoft needs to include a decent timeline slicer, like ...
Provide the ability to insert measures as values for settings across all visuals (where appropriate)
For every visual out there, we can specify some sort of parameter to improve analysis. The problem is that for those parameters we can only specify a fixed, constant value. For example: * Values of constant lines, min/max lines, average, median and percentile lines. * Gauge Axis: Min, Max, Ta...