Assign Bookmarks in Power BI

To give the user of the report to switch between the bookmarks, we can use buttons, shapes to assign bookmarks to it and by clicking on it, user can switch between the bookmarks.

In this exercise, we will learn how we assign these bookmarks to buttons so that users can switch between the bookmarks.

Let’s we have two bookmarks in our report. In this task, we will add two buttons and assign bookmark actions to each.

Step 1: On the Insert ribbon, from inside the Elements group, click Button, and then select Blank.

Step 2: The blank button is added as shown in the image below:

Reposition the button on the report page according to the need. Select the button, and the in the Visualizations pane, turn the Text property to On, and specify the text as “My First Button”.

We can also format the button object with other properties of it, like background color, text color.

Step 5: Turn the Action property to On. Expand the Action section and then set the Type dropdown list to Bookmark.

The Bookmark action activates a selected bookmark. Bookmarks can turn a Power BI report into a guided analytical experience.

Step 6: In the Bookmark dropdown list, select Ashish Column Chart.

Step 7: Create a copy of the button by using copy and paste for consistent formatting on the page, and then configure the new button as follows:
a) Set the Button Text property to “My Second Button”.
b) In the Action section, set the Bookmark dropdown list to Ashish Slicer Table.

Note: For enhanced accessibility, we should add a tooltip that users will see when they hover over the button. If we add a tooltip it is shown like below, as we hover on the button.

Step 8: We can then reposition the buttons anywhere on the canvas. Our buttons are now ready for use. We can use them to switch between two bookmarks with a different layout on the same page.

When we select the “My First Button” button, to select press the Ctrl key and click on the button, the column chart displays, and when we select the “My Second Button” button, the table and slicer chart displays.