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Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

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abhishek sreesaila on 04 Jan 2015 16:37:48

Ability to select multiple items in a chart say multiple bars, pie's etc and automatically have filters applied to all the existing reports. this helps to highlight anomalies and see all the surrounding reports changes as we do it and showcase risks/opportunities

Administrator on 09 Feb 2018 05:00:49

As of the February update, we now support cross-highlighting across multiple visuals! You can read the details in my blog post: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-february-2018-feature-summary/#crosshighlight

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Marinos Markides on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:42

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Hi. any feedback on where you stand with this idea would be really appreciated

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George John on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:07

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Similar idea
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/6709520-drill-down-should-drill-or-cross-filter-other-visu

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Gil Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:36

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

The attribute slicer custom visual available in the office store is a good example of how filtering using multiple visuals can be accomplished (and doesn't require the ctrl+click). Would like to see cross-filtering functionality implemented for all power BI visuals in a similar way. For those who need to filter using multiple charts right now, the attribute slicer custom visual is a decent option.

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Sean Wong on 05 Jul 2020 23:01:44

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

I notice that the ctrl+clicking feature does not work in all chart types, eg. waterfall & scatter chart. Please don't limit such nice feature (and any new enhancement to it) to certain chart types only. It should be made available to all visuals.

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Helgi Jónsson on 05 Jul 2020 23:00:12

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

This simplifies the reports. Would be good to have ability to add check mark also in the tables to visually show what is filtered. Now, having too much of redundant information in the reports.

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:36

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Wooo finally. Thanks a lot Amanda. Have been waiting for this for a long time. Hopefully it will be ready in next few months and in time for our Power BI embedded roll out for over 5000 users.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:35

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

great, much appreciated..

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Eduardo Sorensen on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:35

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Great! I use a "workaround" adding slicers, but mostly just because I cross-highlight multiple charts.
Hope you figure this out quickly.

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VickyD on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:35

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Good to know. Much much awaited feature!

Already dreading having to demo a dashboard without it. Having this feature just makes analysis so much more intuitive.

I'm probably asking for too much but I do hope it gets done quickly and makes its way into the next GA release of Power BI Report Server as well.

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Per Solli on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:35

RE: Ability to select multiple items in a report for cross-highlighting

Thanks Amanda,

This is very very important feature. Hopefully it gets implemented soon.