Switching Visuals using Bookmarks: Power BI Desktop

I love magic. One of my favorite acts is making an object disappear and replace it with something or someone else. I can’t do magic on a stage, but I can tell you how to do it in a Power BI report.

The previous article covers how to add a bookmark in a Power BI report and assign it to a Power BI element like a button or a shape. This article covers how we can use bookmarks along with the Selection pane to enhance the user’s experience in simple steps.

We have created two sets of visuals, each containing a button and a card.

We place them on the top of each other

Tip: Rename the visuals as you add them in the report in the Selection Pane (double click – Rename). It becomes easy to identify.

For our magic trick to work, we need to show one card and one button at a time. For this act, if we are showing the card for the absolute value of the Margin, then the button for Margin % should be visible, and vice versa.

Once we configure the view, add a bookmark for this visual:

We name it as Margin Absolute as it is showing the absolute value of the Margin

Click Option > Uncheck the Data option.

It ensures that this bookmark saves only the visual’s display state and not the filter settings of the page.

Repeat the steps for the other two visuals and add a bookmark.

The objective is that if we click on button Margin Absolute, it should show the card visual for margin absolute and button for Margin %, and vice versa. It enables the toggle between the two sets of the visuals.

For more details on assigning a bookmark to a button or image, refer to the following article:

Creating Bookmark

Repeat the steps for the Margin% button.

Note: In Power BI Desktop, use the CTRL key along with the mouse click for a button to work.

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