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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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Joe B on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:56

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

Need this feature!

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Stanley Lim on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:22

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

I would love this too.

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Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:05

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

This is a great idea, it would make the user experience more seemless

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Michel Simard on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:49

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

I think this is a critical feature. Second level users, those for which the visuals are created will be modifying or altering visuals inadvertently resulting in rework. Ability to lock visuals in the desktop version should be a priority.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:43

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

Please add the feature, whenever i scroll on a smaller screen i accidentally change the layout, i would like either undo or lock the drag feature.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:07

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

Yes.. Please add this feature and Provide lock or making read only file feature as well. This is most needed feature.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:06

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

I agree. Please add a locking ability feature

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Paul Hocker on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:09

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

'+1

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Onkel Phill on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:55

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

Please add this feature! Read only functionality would be so helpful!

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Jim Orefice on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:10

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

This would make this tool so much better. Even just some read-only ability across the board would be perfect for desktop mode. It would allow me to stop using multiple other tools if i could just lock everything down so that my team isn't dealing with it.