Using Power BI reports from an end user perspective (2021)

[@ZachRenwickData]

Oh man.... I think I need to make this video a required pre-req for all our end users!

[@mattmiller07]

Adam, do you have a video on how to create the question mark highlights at 4:04 in the video? I love that idea and want to incorporate into my files

[@mustafabiviji00711]

I think he did the following: 1.Set up those text boxes with comments, 2. then probably set up a large rectangular box (with semi-transparent fill) that can act as button 3. then set up 2 bookmarks one where everything is visible, and where the large rectangle box & text boxes are invisible 4. Use the question icon as a button to enable the visible bookmark and use the large rectangle box as a button to enable the invisible bookmark

[@sherryparker7205]

@@mustafabiviji00711 I was wondering if that was how, but the fact that you can click anywhere to clear them makes me think there is a different approach.

[@mustafabiviji00711]

@@sherryparker7205 Wouldn't a large rectangle box with semi-transparent fill/background (covering the entire page/dashboard) that acts as a button with action to the invisible filter allow for that?

[@outdoorsyaaron]

I'd love to know how this is done

[@sherryparker7205]

@@mustafabiviji00711 It could, I believe.

[@ajaaskelainen]

Thank you! It's always nice to see end-user perspective after many years of practice

[@jseeone]

Great walk through! @3:52 are the filter and additional info buttons built as visuals or are they embedded features in Power BI?

[@sue_bayes]

Thank you Adam, I watched this before delivering a session on one of my reports to think about how it must be for an end user. I did not know about the control click to keep the filter from the original visual

[@antoniodamore]

The tooltip was fantastic !!

[@lucjanooo]

Thank you! Is the left pane a new feature or custom element?

[@vpwl]

Thank you Adam! This was very helpful like all the videos. Can you please do a video on Analyze In Excel? Maybe show if there are ways around creating a measure if it's not already created in the table🙏

[@PaweBarut]

Great content Adam. This is what we need to drive users awareness of features!

[@csgexec]

Any idea when PBI reports and Power Apps shared with Guest users will appear in the guest user’s “Shared with me” list?

[@dp70737]

🤣 the faces lol. Awesome overview, I’m gunna bookmark this to send to viewers

[@haribabu1099]

Can you please share the PBIX files which you showed in this video

[@marianpetkov4687]

Hi, I like very much your videos, l have a small question - how to help our business users to make reports without knowing SQL. We have reporting server and we need a so called semantic layer for migration from BO 4.0 to Power BI. Thanks !

[@nikolaypetkov4510]

I want to know that too. But Im not sure. Can you tell me when you find the answer.

[@arnohoedelmans]

Hi Adam! Great Video. May I Share it with my end Users in my reports? I am also looking for best practice to let end Users now what the drilltrough Levels are in the visuals..

[@MySpreadsheetLab]

Another great video thanks Adam!

[@GuyInACube]

Thanks Kevin! appreciate that 👊

[@brundaas7060]

Consider a scenario wherein we have 5 different reports residing in a single workspace. When I publish those reports as an App, all these 5 reports will be published. But, I really do not want to provide access to all those reports with the users added to the App access list. Certain users should only see the report which they might be interested or they really require. Is there any option available to disable or enable report access to individual user once published ?

[@sherryparker7205]

As it stands currently there is a 1:1 ratio of Workspace to App and security would be granted to end users at the App level. This would mean that to split up your access list you would need to have a Workspace for each group of people consuming reports. If a single report would be of interest to two different groups then the report would be published to both workspaces so it could reside in each App.

[@jeffweir9358]

I know you guys in Northern hemisphere cubes look at things from a different direction than us, but down here Favourites is on the left. :-)

[@jeffedwards474]

Awesome video! Very informative!!

[@noshaadahmed3027]

Would you have a user guide for end users? So they can read it in their own time.

[@pabeader1941]

Please do one from a Report Server perspective. If you don't, I will. And neither of us wants that!

[@GuyInACube]

hahaha. I don't know that we would do one. Also, from a Power BI report perspective, there wouldn't be much difference.

[@pabeader1941]

@@GuyInACube About 1/3 of the content would have to change. Not a lot, but enough that I can't recommend it to my users.

[@mustafabiviji00711]

Adam, thanks this is useful reminder for authors too (of what all they can do to make it easier for end user). Is that "Click for state detail" a custom button with bookmarks, or is this a new feature in Power BI? How did you enable the click on the state (Texas) to change the button to show "Click for state detail" ... is this (& Decomposition) ... all a magic of using multiple bookmarks?

[@mikloshimics7789]

This drill-through navigation made me also interested! Users often don’t even realize that there is drill-through enabled for a visual.

[@Arrow-999]

I was looking for such video, it is difficult to explain how to use report as I have 100+ user for the same report and users keep changing.

[@feo786]

I've never used an app, I usually just publish the report and be done with it. Advantages to using an "app"?

[@knoxindy]

Definitely, it gives the users a singular left hand nav that lets them quickly move between reports. For example, one of my Apps is a "Sales" theme with 7 different Sales reports covering different viewpoints. If I don't put them in an App, the user would need to backup to the workspace to view the next report.

[@davidcousins8407]

It's a very nice way to wrap up a lot of reports, dashboards and other "things" like helpful URL's or guidance, into one thing.

[@anyam4574]

Thanks, but you did not show how to create those report

[@Phoenixspin]

I consume food, not content. I hate that "consume" word when not referring to food.

[@labrador_riku]

Missing round ups

[@CreateandLearn]

Loved your faces :)