InteractionsNative Power BIRecommendedLive example

Cross-filter

Selecting one visual filters related visuals to the selected subset.

Interactive example

Revenue by region

Select to cross-filter

Bars: Revenue · vertical marker: Budget

Revenue by department

FreshBeveragesGroceryNon-foodHousehold

Simulated behaviour on the shared fictional retail dataset. Native mechanism: Yes.

Best for

Category selection should narrow the rest of the page.

Avoid when

When the relationship is surprising, irrelevant or removes useful context.

Typical data

Relevant recovered tags: cross-filter, interaction, selection

Usage

Category selection should narrow the rest of the page.

Power BI limitation

Default interactions are not automatically the right interactions.