Fabric Ideas

Currently, the Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse supports metadata-based backup capabilities, which are effective for recovery in the event of failures. While Disaster Recovery (DR) provides fault tolerance, its high cost makes it challenging for organizations with limited budgets to implement. To address these limitations and provide a more cost-effective solution, we strongly request the addition of a feature to directly export or back up tabular data stored in OneLake in the Delta Parquet format as part of the Data Warehouse functionality. Furthermore, implementing backup options such as "full" and "differential," similar to those available in SQL Server, would improve flexibility and operational efficiency. Introducing these features would significantly enhance Fabric's backup and recovery capabilities, providing users with a robust and cost-effective data protection solution. ... View more

The matrix visual is currently set to around 100 columns. I have a report of Air Quality permit numbers that ranges up to almost 140. The matrix will not show all of the columns, so the customer has to filter the list with slicers the get the display to below 100 columns. This report has been un use for several years, and I would like to see it work correctly.    Thank you. Johnny Jones   johnny.jones@deq.nc.gov   ... View more

I propose adding a "freezable header" section to Power BI report canvases. This would function similar to the frozen header rows in Excel or fixed navigation bars on websites, allowing report creators to designate a portion of the canvas as a persistent header that remains visible while users scroll through the rest of the report content.   Currently, when designing reports with multiple visualizations that extend beyond a single screen view, important interactive elements like slicers, filters, or key metrics disappear as users scroll down to view content lower on the canvas. This creates a disconnected experience where users must constantly scroll back up to adjust filters or reference key information.   The solution would involve:           A new canvas section option that allows report designers to define a "header area" at the top of the report page           Controls to set the header height and content that should remain fixed           The ability to place any Power BI visualization in this area (slicers, KPIs, navigation buttons, etc.)           Automatic scrolling behavior that keeps the header visible while the report body scrolls independently   This feature would transform how users interact with Power BI reports by: Creating a more intuitive, webpage-like experience where navigation and filtering controls remain accessible at all time Allowing users to see the impact of slicer selections on visualizations without losing sight of either element. Enabling report designers to create more cohesive narrative flows through data, as key contextual information can remain visible throughout the exploration process. Reducing user friction and the cognitive load of remembering filter states when scrolling through extensive report The implementation would need to handle responsive design considerations and potentially interact with existing features like drill-through filtering. The header area should remain responsive to different screen sizes while maintaining its fixed position during scrolling.   This feature would be particularly valuable for:             Dashboards with multiple related visualizations that require consistent filtering             Reports with extensive content requiring scrolling             Interactive presentations where presenters need persistent access to controls             Executive dashboards where key metrics should remain visible while exploring supporting details This enhancement would significantly improve the usability of Power BI reports, bringing the interface more in line with modern web design practices and user expectations for interactive data experiences. ... View more

It should be possible for admin to monitor and manage the personal bookmark created by end users. ... View more

I would like to request an update to the public information attached below in the Japanese version. The English version is up to date, but the Japanese version has not been updated since 2024/11/20.   JP URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/fabric/database/mirrored-database/azure-databricks-tutorial EN URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/database/mirrored-database/azure-databricks-tutorial   Reason for updating: I confirmed in the English version that a new "Prerequisites" was added. The Japanese version does not have this notation, so customers cannot test it following the correct procedure. ... View more

The current card visual forces users to overlap elements or waste copious amounts of time creating custom visuals. The new card feature should give users the ability to create multiple cards in a single container and provide a greater level of customization. ... View more

It would be beneficial to incorporate features from Pivot tables that allow for the expansion and collapse of columns and hierarchical column groups within tabular visuals. This would not only solve the current limitations of matrices but also provide report creators with the flexibility to hide and show rows and columns, saving these settings for future use, thus eliminating the need to scroll through irrelevant data. ... View more

Enabling customized calculations at the query level for subtotals and grand totals would offer greater flexibility in reporting and preserve performance. Efficient organization of control settings to modify the style of these totals separately will empower report creators to achieve their desired appearance, while addressing their need for more control and customization in reporting. ... View more

Request for Clarification and increase of Power BI API Throttling Limits   We are facing HTTP status code 429 (Too many requests) when adding users to Semantic Model by calling the POST call below. POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupId}/datasets/{datasetId}/users   Our Business scenario need to call this POST call up to 1000 requests in within seconds interval.   We are looking for the following information from MS Team.   What the threshold limit for the above API call ? Retry-After mechanism is not an option considering our business case Any other recommended solutions  TrackingID#2502030040007555 ... View more

Imagine a world where report creators can automatically apply slicer and filter selections based on specific logic, revolutionizing data analysis and user experience. This innovative approach eliminates any need for complex workarounds, optimizes slicer functionality, and paves the way for more efficient and effective data reporting. ... View more

Millions of whole numbers is insane to scroll through. The only work around is showing the filter pane, which is a whole issue with what they then can see and do and what that affects. If you hide each individual filter except just that one then you have to maintain that across all pages. Plus the Filter pane looks horrible compared to slicers especially the newer slicers. Excel has had a search with whole numbers since it came out. I don't understand why this is so hard to implement. Can you please roll out a search within a slicer for numbers, espcially whole numbers like document numbers or transaction numbers etc. ... View more

The visual Card (New) doesn't move when having the visual selected and using the keyboard arrow keys. Is anyone else experiencing this? Other visuals do move, but this one doesn't, even after changing it back and forth.   See my other community post's reply from @danextian for an example.  https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-Desktop-New-Card-visual-doesn-t-move-with-arrow-keys/m-p/4597948#M1378599      ... View more

Understand that this is just a repurposed forums in some fashion, but would be great to fix up this 'Idea' section a bit with some polish.   What is 'Top Kudoed Posts' - do you mean most upvoted?  (You use 'Votes' everywhere else)   Looking at the first 'Kudoed Post' with 4k upvotes it says "NEEDS VOTES" in all caps.  What?  Needs votes for what, to be considered?  How many votes does it need, is 4k not enough? Is this just a status that means it's not WIP or something?     Also, the top post shows as being posted in 2024 but all the comments are from 2020 - is 2024 when it was created or last updated?  Confusing.   There are like 30 items in the 'Categories' dropdown filter, did you use a RNG to determine ordering?  Some Fabric items are near the top, some are near the bottom, it's obviously not alphabetical.   Having a 'Top Ideas' tab is silly if you default to including Completed ideas.  Default to NON Completed ideas otherwise the first several pages by default are items that might have been completed years ago.   ... View more

I would love to be able to show/hide a visual based on conditional formatting from a measure. Say I only want to show the tables or matrix on the page if a person is selected from a slicer. I would create measure "Person Filtered = ISFILTERED(Person[PersonName])" Having a formatting option on the whole visual to "show/hide" visual based off this measure would be helpful. The current option I've found is to create a shape object to put on top of the visual and then add a measure to the background color of that shape to make it transparent if a person is selected. The problem with this work around is that you can no longer interact with the visual due to the shape being arranged in front of the visual. ... View more

Power BI - MS announcement regarding upcoming events or furute updates are great but it will be also appreciated if company announcement will be possible ... View more

Interpreting visuals without a clear legend to indicate logic behind specific styles can lead to confusion and decision-making errors. An idea to enhance clarity and transparency by ensuring legends and tooltips accurately display colors, patterns, and other visual components influenced by logics, would enable report consumers to easily understand the applied logic and make more effective decisions. ... View more

  I would like my end users to use the Export data option without seeing all the other options.   Can we have an option for only enabling Export data without enabling all the other options?   Same question was asked here:    https://forum.enterprisedna.co/t/how-to-turn-off-the-some-of-the-visual-more-options-feature-in-power-bi-service/30646 ... View more

please create feature to settting conditional formatting in column header matrix, atleast we can coloring in header column with spesific condition   ... View more

In order to see the complete carbon footprint of our hybrid cloud (Azure + own cloud), the Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard alone is not enough. We need to combine emissions data from Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard with data from our own cloud. The absolute simplest way would be if there was an API available for us to extract the data from Microsoft Emission Impact Dashboard to use in our own system for carbon footprint. This feature is in the backlog for the product developing team, please upvote my Idea to make it prioritized. ... View more