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Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

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on 07 Oct 2017 01:32:36

With the addition of the Selection Pane in the October 2017 release, it would be great to be able to rename these selections so that they are easily manageable.

If you have multiple objects of the same name, i.e. Image, Text Box, it would be great to rename these (like in PowerPoint) so that you can clearly understand which ones you are hiding or making visible.

Administrator on 19 Dec 2018 03:43:56

This is one of several selection pane improvements we have planned.

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Tim Davey on 07 Nov 2022 11:17:01

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

You can do this for Bookmarks so would be good to be able to do this with Selections and Groups in the same way

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Arne Power BI User on 25 Sep 2020 12:04:17

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

This would be a big improvement! When will this be available??

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Gabriela on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:48

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

Wasn't it released in March/2019?

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Todd Chittenden on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:47

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

TWO YEARS and still no action?
Anyway, there is a work-around. Know that the name as displayed in the Selection pane takes its initial value from object type, but will also use the Title Text property if it present.

Scenario: Add two buttons to the page, they both show up as "Button" in the Selection pane. Do this: turn on the Title property of a button, add a title, say, "Button #1" then turn the title back off again. Repeat for the second button, with a new title as appropriate.

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Martin K on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:19

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I think this feature is part of March 2019 release.

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

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

Excellent thank you for the update!

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:36

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

Just been creating Grouped Sync Slicers and this ability would save me so much time. Currently have to go to the Title in the format pane turn it on change the name then turn the title off again.

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Soares on 05 Jul 2020 23:34:56

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This would be great. With the ability of grouping like bookmarks it would be greater.

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Jeff Brown on 05 Jul 2020 23:34:37

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Essential enhancement. I'd settle for being able to update the existing Title property directly from the Selection Pane. Although I like the idea of having a separate Label field for behind-the-scenes, that could get complex. Either way, need a solution in order to make full use of Bookmarks and mobile view.

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Mehdi HAMMADI on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:35

RE: Ability to rename items in the Selection Pane

Yes this is very important, I saw yesterday a workaround (presented by Mike Carlo) but it is still a workaround.