In this mobile world, you might want to enable a cleaner view of reporting for those interested in accessing reports through the Power BI app.
You didn't know there is an App for that?
There is indeed. Look it up in your favorite app store and access all of your reports on the go, after we get this ready, of course.
Let's get going ...
1) Jump into your report and switch to EDIT mode.
2) Click "Mobile Layout," at the top of the screen, just underneath the title of the report.
- A screen appears offering the opportunity to "Create a mobile layout."
- Do NOT click that button that says "Auto-create mobile layout."
- Try that some other time.
On the right of the screen are two panels, "Page Visuals" and "Visualizations."
The "Page Visuals" panel displays all the elements from the report created.
The "Visualizations" panel enables you to modify the element for better visibility in mobile view, without impacting the original desktop display you created. To do so, click the element you want to adjust, and the panel will populate with options available for modification.
3) From the "Page Visuals" panel, click, drag & drop the little boxes out onto the white area that looks like mobile device.
- Take them one at a time. When they appear on the mobile device layout, gray handles appear enabling you to resize and reposition the element. Position and size it, then move on to the next.
- It will not let you stretch off screen, thankfully.
- It will let you lay them over the top of each other though, so beware of that.
- Hover over and scroll on the mobile device layout to get more real estate.
4) File > Save
- To get back to the original Desktop Layout View, click the icon in the lower left of the screen that looks like a computer screen.
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I hope you enjoyed tagging along with this little exercise. This concludes the last regular installment of these little snacks. There will be other editions, just not quite as frequent, I think. You never know.
There is a lot more that can be done in Power BI. We hit all the core elements though.
Everything else can be figured out by clicking around, asking around the interwebs, or your favorite Artificial Idiot (AI). The latter is usually right, most of the time. You know how it is. You are doing 100% better if you figure it on your own though.
Microsoft hosts an excellent support community (Power BI forums - Microsoft Fabric Community). The folks over there can answer just about any question or at least work through figuring it out with you.
Additionally, Guy in a Cube on YouTube is an excellent resource for tips, tricks, demos, feature reviews and really digging into the guts of Power BI, and they are more interesting than most.
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