Private bookmarks

[RachHE]

Hi

Is it possible to create private bookmarks? By that I mean the report developer creates them and can use them in Desktop only i.e. not visible to users in the Service?

I'm using bookmarks with buttons to enable navigation around a single page and show/hide content, but these bookmarks are not relevant to users (they have buttons on the report to navigate to them). I could group them into a folder, but I would prefer to hide them altogether.

Thanks 🙂

[v-luwang-msft]

Hi @RachHE ,

Has your problem been solved, if so, please consider Accept a correct reply as the solution or share your own solution to help others find it.

Best Regards
Lucien

[v-luwang-msft]

Hi @RachHE ，

You could read the following articles,it tells how to add a button using bookmarks in Power BI.

How To Add A Button Using Bookmarks In Power BI

But if you want to disable bookmark ,as far as I know ,this is currently not possible.

refer: 

Hide report bookmarks

Disabling Bookmark notification

Hide Report Bookmarks themselves?

Wish it is helpful for you!

Best Regards

Lucien

[Nathaniel_C]

Hi @RachHE , if I understand what you are trying to do, how about creating a bookmark that turns off all the buttons.  Then the user on Service will not see any buttons and thus can not activate the bookmark.
Let me know if you have any questions.

If this solves your issues, please mark it as the solution, so that others can find it easily. Kudos 👍are nice too.
Nathaniel

[RachHE]

Hi @Nathaniel_C . I mustn't have explained myself very well. I am not trying to hide the buttons. I actually want users to use the buttons rather than the bookmarks. 

Screenshot below of part of my report. The green cards have buttons over the top that when clicked on take users to a particular view (and I also have other buttons that allow users to toggle between seeing the results as a data table vs charts). Its the report bookmarks showing on the right that I would like to hide.

Thanks

[Nathaniel_C]

Hi @RachHE , Sorry about that.  So I always close that panel before publishing to the service, and then it should not be viewable.  See if that works, and let me know.  You probably know that you can hide the filters too.

Let me know if you have any questions.

If this solves your issues, please mark it as the solution, so that others can find it easily. Kudos 👍are nice too.
Nathaniel

[RachHE]

Users can always get to the bookmark panel regardless of whether you have closed it prior to publishing (and I wouldn't want to change this).

Yes I'm aware of the ability to hide filters. I know you can either hide them all, or have some hidden and others visible. That's essentially what I'm trying to achieve with bookmarks - some hidden others visible (configured by the developer).

It doesn't sound possible so I've submitted it as an idea.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=2075797a-25c6-eb11-ba5e-281878bdaa58

[Nathaniel_C]

How interesting, I never noticed that before, and never had viewers open that panel. I use bookmarks all the time, too.