QT#65 - Adding Comments to Power BI Reports and Visuals - Including Email Notifications

In this video, you'll learn how to use the Power BI Service built-in "Comments" feature.

This allows you to quickly and easily add comments to Power BI report pages and even individual visuals. You can also post replies to each comment and effectively start a conversation about the dashboard and the data displayed.

You can add @ mentions too. These results and an email being sent to the person mentioned with the comment text included in the email. The email will contain a link to the underlying report in the Power BI service.

Finally, each set of comments contains a bookmark so you can quickly switch to the filters that were applied when the comment was made. This will allow you to return to the context of each comment when you are reading the information in the comment.

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⏩ Video Navigation
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00:00 - Overview of what you will learn
01:00 - Adding Comments and @ mentions
02:23 - Comments Email
03:44 - Adding Comments to Specific Visuals
04:30 - Bookmarks Related to Comments
06:23 - Cycling Through Conversation Bookmarks
07:00 - Using Comments for Providing Report Feedback

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[jackiehelton]

I was looking for a way to add comments - Great explanation. Thank You!

[jakob]

how does this work in a monthy reoccuring setting, where you constantly have new comments and the numbers on the dashboard change over time? No versions are saved ? and comments could be both outdated and now just taking up space?

[vishaljhaveri]

I am mentioning someone or myself in the Comment section, but we are not receiving any email. Though we get the values in the Notification panel, why I am not receiving the email ?
Can you please reply?
Thank you.

[BrunoAzevedo-mb]

very informative video, but the accent drives me nuts. I know, the problem is with me.

[MrinaalRaj]

does this comment get erased when we publish report with same name and get older one replaced

[ganpathji]

Thank you for the video. Very Clear explanation.

[alokhushboo]

Where does this comments data gets stored in the backend. Is there any way to access this data for any further use,

[tushartohan]

Very nice and informative video. Is there any option to comment on a particular cell in a table visulization ? Please advise.