Power BI – Page Navigation with Bookmarks & Buttons

Note: This post was written for an older version of Power BI, a time when Power BI did not yet support the direct page navigation feature.

Refer:  Page navigation feature

Bookmarks is a very cool feature in Power BI, using this you can capture currently configured view of a report page including slicers & visuals state.

Also, you can use bookmarks with buttons & image to navigate from one page to another page and you can add, delete and modify the bookmarks.

Practical Scenario:

• Create three Pages name as, Page1-LineColumnChart, Page2-Matrix & Page3-PieChart
• Use some visuals in all three pages
  • Page 1: Use Line Clustered Column Chart
  • Page 2: Matrix
  • Page 3: Pie chart
• Add three buttons
• Create three bookmarks
• Map each page with relevant bookmarks for navigation

Download Sample data set & PBI file:

• Sample data : SuperStoreUS-2015.xlxs
• PBIX file: Practical PBIX file

Let’s start with an example:

Step-1: Create three Pages name as, Page1-LineColumnChart, Page2-Matrix & Page3-PieChart

Step-2: Now add three buttons on each page or you can copy paste from one page to others pages.

Follow the steps:

• • Click on Home tab, under Insert ribbon click on Buttons
  • Give name to each buttons like, Line Chart, Matrix & Pie Chart
  • Change buttons background color, current page color should be different and other pages are same colors.

Step-3: How to change Button background color:

Select button, then go to right side Visualization Pane and use below three properties

• Button Text: Change Button name, font color, font family, alignment & Text Size
• Outline: You can change button outline color, border weight etc, also you can change color for Default state, on hover & On press.
• Fill: You can change background color for Default state, on hover & On press

Step-4: How to Create Bookmarks:

Go to View Tab, under show ribbon, click on Bookmarks Pane and follow the below steps:

• Now go to Page 1, copy the name of page 1 and click on Add Bookmarks
• Then click on three dots and click on Rename & paste page 1 name
• Unchecked the Data & Display
• Follow the above three steps for page 2 & 3.

Step-5: Map Bookmarks with Buttons

You can use Action to map Bookmarks with buttons for navigation page to page. For current Page Off the Action.

Page-1 settings: 

• Select Button Line Chart: Off Action
• Select Button Matrix: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Matrix Page from Bookmark.
• Select Button Pie chart: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Pie chart Page from Bookmark.

Page-2 settings: 

• Select Button Line Chart: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Line Chart Page from Bookmark.
• Select Button Matrix: Off Action
• Select Button Pie chart: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Pie chart Page from Bookmark.

Page-3 settings: 

• Select Button Line Chart: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Line Chart Page from Bookmark.
• Select Button Matrix: Enable Action, Select Bookmark from Type & Select Matrix Page from Bookmark.
• Select Button Pie chart: Off Action

Final output:

Use Ctrl+Click to navigate one page to another page.

Some Pages Screen shots as below:

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