Scale a Visual

November 20, 2019 By Mike Carlo

For each visual in Power BI Desktop there is a button called Focus Mode. This feature highlights a single visual. While this can be helpful, it does remove the ability to change or adjust the visual based on filters or slicers. I’d like to introduce to you the concept of Scaling a visual.

In this tutorial we walk through how to take a collection of visuals. Then group all the visuals. Finally, control the group of visuals by hiding or showing them with bookmarks.

Check out this video tutorial on how to accomplish this within Power BI Desktop.

Tutorial Video

Downloads

Download the icons and sample PBIX file at my GitHub repo.

Download the layout used in this tutorial here.

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Here are some other great tutorials around using the grouping feature in Power BI Desktop.

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