Fabric Ideas

It would bereally helpful if we had an option to add notes or comments beside each individual visuals in Power BI. This notes could be dynamic based on filters/slicers and even included in reports. Right now, smart narratives or textboxes doesn't serve this purpose well, when we want to explain visuals seperately.A small notes sections per visual would improve make reports meaningful. For example: We might want to add a short explanation of the numbers or highlight a trend that users should notice-especially when sharing reports with clients or leadership who may not know the background. ... 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

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

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

With the debut of DAX Query View and TMDL Script View, there should be an API to retrieve these files.   This capability would enable organizations to automate testing and deployments by programmatically accessing DAX Queries and TMDL scripts.   For example, a Notebook could iterate over semantic models in a workspace, retrieve DAX Queries for testing, and execute those tests using semantic-link. If tests fail, teams could take corrective actions based on the results. ... View more

I currently trigger my dataset refreshes using the Power BI REST API. However, to avoid overwhelming the system, I can't refresh all reports at the same time. This means I have to constantly poll the API to check the refresh status of each dataset before triggering more. This approach isn't efficient and puts unnecessary load on both the client and the Power BI service. It would be much better if we had the option to configure a webhook that notifies us when a dataset refresh is completed. That way, we could trigger subsequent refreshes or downstream processes only when needed—without continuous API calls. Please consider adding webhook support for dataset refresh completion events! ... View more

The primary axis are outdated and require significant improvement when compared to Excel. This makes it difficult for report creators and often leads to problems when trying to manage and style them effectively. By offering more format settings, greater control over displayed data can be provided, especially if axis ticks, new gridlines, and separators are also included. ... View more

As a business user, I do not have time to go through each of my 50 to 100 calculated columns to see if removing a data column will impact them. I have 75 columns of data with more than 75 columns of calculations and I want to optimize the table as much as possible without investing hours to days in mapping all the calculated columns to the data columns myself. Can you create some sort of tooltip or view that allows me to see, from each of my data columns, which calculated columns will be impacted by removing the data column? My idea is that when hovering over the table header or selecting the column, a tooltip can display a list of the calculated columns that use the column in the calculation.  ... View more

Can this feature be applied to Excel files like Csv files?? ... View more

The Date filter is not working with the March 2025 Update of Power BI. See attached images.     Works in January 2025 Update.   ... View more

It’s challenging and time-consuming for both new and experienced report creators to organize data when trying to split cards into categories. By introducing small multiples, it could be a familiar and easy way for report creators to intuitively categorize data, especially if they had more control over layout and formatting. ... View more

OPENROWSET function can read the files from Azure Data Lake storage or Azure Blob storage.  It would be useful to enable OPENROWSET to also read files form Fabric One Lake and access the files in Lakehouse /Files area. ... View more

Category: Developer APIs / Embed APIs. Description: Currently, when using slicers in the Power BI Angular Component, the Embed API tracks only deselected items explicitly after users choose "Select All." This behavior causes significant confusion and complexity, especially when integrating slicer selections into downstream applications like paginated reports. Specifically, the current implementation: Does NOT explicitly indicate when slicer selections are inverted. Requires developers to manually maintain and subtract deselections from a complete set of potential values, which is cumbersome, error-prone, and difficult to maintain, particularly with large datasets. Proposed Improvement: Introduce an explicit property (e.g., isInverted: true) within the filter response object provided by the Embed API. This would clearly indicate when a slicer is in "inverted mode" (i.e., "Select All" except certain items), significantly simplifying data handling and downstream report processing. Benefits of this Feature: Reduces complexity and improves reliability of the integration with downstream systems, such as paginated reports or middleware. Eliminates manual, error-prone logic currently required for interpreting slicer states. Enhances developer productivity by providing clear and semantic slicer state information. Improves scalability and maintainability, particularly important when handling large datasets or complex reports. Real-World Scenario (Driving this Request): Working closely with a customer (N-able) who has identified this limitation as a significant roadblock, currently requiring substantial development workarounds or middleware logic. Clearer API semantics would greatly streamline their processes and reduce ongoing maintenance overhead. Additional Context & Community Feedback: Community discussions indicate similar frustrations (Example Discussion). A straightforward API improvement here would benefit the broader Power BI Embed developer community. ... View more

I wanted to share some feedback and a suggestion regarding the Purview glossary implementation, based on our experience at our organization. While we appreciate the capabilities that Purview offers for data governance, we've encountered significant challenges with setting up and maintaining the business glossary. Despite the ability to import terms rapidly, there is no automated way to link these terms to the items they represent. Each definition must be manually linked to a data item one at a time, across three screens with multiple user interactions per screen. Given that we have over 28,000 data items in our data warehouse alone, not to mention the additional measures and tables in our Power BI data sets, this manual approach is not feasible for us. The current process significantly hinders our ability to efficiently manage and utilize the business glossary. We believe that an automated feature to link Power BI descriptions to the Purview glossary would greatly enhance our ability to manage data governance and provide a more seamless experience for our users. If this feature is included in the new Purview integrated within Fabric, it would be a significant factor in hastening our move to an F64 capacity. We hope that Microsoft considers this suggestion, as it would be invaluable in addressing the challenges we face and improving the overall user experience. ... View more

It would be great if we could specify a folder to create a new item in (such as a lakehouse). Right now it seems you can only create new items in the root folder of the workspace when using the REST APIs. ... View more

It would be really useful to have security settings to show or hide individual report pages. Currently, audiences control access only at the report level, not per page. ... View more

Problem: Currently, when a dataset is connected to a Lakehouse as a datasource in Power BI Fabric, it defaults to a cloud connection mapped to SSO. In embedded mode, reports built on these datasets fail due to a lack of identity, as they do not inherit authentication from the service principal. To resolve this, users must manually adjust the datasource settings via the Power BI service https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/fundamentals/direct-lake-fixed-identity   Proposed Solution: Introduce a new REST API or extend the current API functionality to allow programmatic setting (or re-setting) of the connection to the service principal, including updating datasources. Benefits: Automates the process, reducing manual intervention Minimizes downtime for embedded reports Enhances developer experience and deployment efficiency Ensures consistency in authentication settings across different environments Impact: This feature will significantly improve the workflow for organizations embedding Power BI reports using service principals, ensuring seamless and automated datasource authentication. ... View more