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PL-300 · 3.2.4 · Visualize and analyze the data

Report navigation

Configure navigation for a report

Use navigators and button actions to move between pages, , targets, and external destinations.

Built-in navigators stay in sync

Power BI bookmark navigator with buttons that correspond to report bookmarks.

automatically follow report pages. follow and , so labels and order update with the underlying objects.

Buttons support different actions

A button can navigate to a page, apply a bookmark, trigger , go back, or open a web URL. Use a built-in when you want a maintained navigation menu; use individual buttons for specific actions.

Navigation versus drillthrough

Power BI drillthrough example navigating from a sales summary to a filtered order details page.

Page navigation changes location only. Drillthrough changes page and carries selected , such as the chosen customer or product. Back returns the reader to the previous location.

Exam clue: move only = page navigation; move with selected context = drillthrough.

Key points

  • : follows report pages automatically
  • : follows or groups
  • Button actions: page, bookmark, , back, URL
  • Drillthrough: carries selected

Click an underlined term for a one-line explanation, or see them all in the glossary .

Exam trap

Page navigation only changes pages; also transfers the selected .

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