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Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

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Jon on 02 Feb 2019 01:06:01

I'd like the option to temporarily disable all visual refreshing when I'm designing a report.

The issue is that every change made to a report causes all visuals on the page to refresh, and it causes the action to wait for the visuals.So If I add a measure/column/relationship, it can take 5-20 seconds for no reason.

I just want to develop my reports lag free, which is caused by this annoying configuration.

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NELSON ZIEGENHORN on 18 Mar 2024 16:03:58

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

I don't need to refresh every visual in the pbix, I just want to see what this one bar chart looks like with a different color. The data hasn't changed since it last refreshed 30 seconds ago.

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Fernando Flores on 06 Feb 2023 04:04:06

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

100% Agree with this post!!! We need this!

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Osman Beyaztas on 08 Sep 2022 14:32:15

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

This would be really great feature. Most of the time you're NOT interested in the data. Even if it would show "dummy" figures would be good enough to create your dashboard/report. This woould make a huge impact on delivering a report very fast!

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Marzipanly Runner on 15 Oct 2020 11:32:40

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

This feature would save me a lot of time and frustration. As my dashboard gets bigger, making the smallest change gets harder and harder as I need to wait for recalculations of unrelated visuals each time. It's seriously increasing the time it takes for me to create a dashboard.

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Robert Solczak on 01 Oct 2020 12:37:57

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

I'm surprised to see how unpopular this idea is! For me it's a real headache to work on a report with multiple elements.

There really should be a Designer Mode where calculations don't occur upon adding or modifying measures/elements. As simple as turning the Calculation in Excel to Manual.

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Jered Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:29

RE: Disable Refresh on Visuals Option when in Desktop

This solution reflects this issue here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-Desktop-recalculates-visuals-after-every-change/td-p/937992