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How to use Drillthrough in PowerBI

September 10, 2018 By Mike Carlo
How to use Drillthrough in PowerBI

In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience.  Drillthrough allows users to navigate to different report pages within a report.  Below is a demo of Drillthrough.

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