Retain selection on visual, even when return back from drill through.

[ctspradeep]

Hi, 

I have summary page and detail page in my report which are connected by drill through. I am selecting a row from power bi table visual in summary page and then right click --> drill-through to detail page which is working fine. When I return back from detail page to summary page by clicking back button in detail page, prior selected row in table visual of summary page is not retaining. Is there a way to preserve selection in summary page while coming back from detaill page?

[v-robertq-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @ctspradeep 

According to your description, I think the only way to achieve this is to change the “Action type” of the “Back” button to “Bookmark” and select the bookmark you created based on the status you want to keep when you went back:

But the disadvantage is that you can only select one status for the back button so that the original page can’t change dynamically.

You can also follow mahoneypat’s advice to use the tooltip page instead the drill through to achieve the similar output. Please follow these documents:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-tooltips

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-bookmarks

Thank you very much!

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[JasonDiV]

Is there an explanation for why the selection on the source visual is "reset" when returning from the drillthrough page? Do we know what is causing this situation in the first place?

[mahoneypat]

I don't think that's an option.  However, you could consider using a Report Page Tooltip instead of drillthrough, so you never leave the page.

Pat