InteractionsNative Power BIRecommendedLive example

Cross-highlight

Highlight the selected contribution while retaining total context.

Interactive example

Revenue by region

Select to cross-highlight

Bars: Revenue · vertical marker: Budget

Revenue by department

FreshBeveragesGroceryNon-foodHousehold

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

Best for

Contribution-to-total analysis.

Avoid when

When a clean filtered subset is easier to interpret.

Typical data

Relevant recovered tags: cross-highlight, interaction, context

Usage

Contribution-to-total analysis.

Power BI limitation

Can be visually subtle depending on chart and palette.