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Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

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on 08 Jan 2016 06:48:55

I frequently must prepare Power BI dashboards and reports that will be consumed predominantly by persons not deeply familiar with the Power BI environment.I would like to have the ability to lock/unlock visualizations for editing on a report page. A locked visualization would not be able to be moved or resized. It also would not have the visualization selection box appear when interacting with the visual. cross filtering and selection of objects within a visualization should not be affected. This would allow a published dashboard to have reports that share the same "finished" look and feel as the dashboard view.

Administrator on 22 Jul 2021 21:43:35

On the View tab in Power BI Desktop you'll find a 'Lock objects' option. This prevents objects from being accidentally moved or selected, but still lets you interact for cross-highlight, drill etc.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:07

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Please feature to add asap

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ZIYING YAN on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:28

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Please feature to add asap

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Aymeric on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:24

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Please feature to add asap

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Yeoh Siu Yee on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:31

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

You can turn on lock by going to View Tab and check Lock Objects

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:29

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

my dream was to issue the power BI mobile version as the read-only app to access the dashboards. but then, I realised you cannot share a dashboard unless you have a pro licence. this allow people to edit the dashboard etc.

dam... yes this is need so much. people get a well working view of information, and then they mess things up tinkering about.

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Mason on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:01

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Another vote for this! Much needed

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:37

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

This is crucial. I created a dashboard with the intent of sharing. But I am unwilling to share it unless i know that the data can not be manipulated and re-visualized. If this is not possible, I will not be able to use power BI for my purpose

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:07

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Needed badly

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:24

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

please make this happen

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:37

RE: Ability to lock/unlock edditing of visualizations on a page

Absolutely agree. this feature would be a time saver BIG TIME