Will Thompson on 12 Oct 2016 03:43:38
The current version of Power BI visualsation framework does not support access to the previous levels in a drill-down. I.e. you only get access to the current level when rendering. That makes it very hard to develop visualizations such as pivot tables or breakdown trees.
This would let custom viz developers add thing like pivot tables and Breakdown Trees :)
[This idea was created as an offshoot of https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/15844186-pivot-tables-and-breakdown-trees. Fredrik had initially asked for updates to the Custom Viz API, but many votes and comments were cast assuming the idea was just asking for the Power BI team to build Pivot Tables or Breakdown trees!]
Administrator on 08 Jun 2017 18:44:57
Hi, Drill-down for custom visuals is now supported in the framework, so any developer can update their custom visual code to add drill-down support (where applicable). Here is the announcement with the details: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Custom-Visuals-Community-Blog/Visual-API-1-6-and-Drill-down-capability-available/ba-p/190457 Documentation is on GitHub: https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals/blob/master/Capabilities/Drilldown.md
- Comments (112)
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Would really appreciate a timeline on this. the idea has been floated for a long time, but there's no news yet.
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
How long, add this as a part of Power BI API development for customs visual..
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Hmmm... how did I missed this Idea it great Idea for Developer moreover for Customs visual build we can build or convert complete D3 gallery in to Power BI visuals, So please enable it ASAP. Thank you!
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Yeah but do crabs think fish fly?
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
OMG no again another very critical & important ideas and feature under review; fredrik breakdown tree will be awesome and this idea should enabled so developer can create many more customs visuals in Power BI
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
What's going on? It was a part of Power BI when it was introduce in 2015 moreover fredrik Build the great visual. Important to developing more such customs visuals
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Important Improvement Needed developer like me
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
I think the power BI team is underestimating the potential of this very important feature, if this is feature is brought back it has the potential of replacing many other BI tool and even D3 developer will use the power BI platform to build there wonderful visuals and moreover it would be a win – win situation for all power users. So would request power BI team to please consider this feature this year in the list to improvement.
My votes to this Idea....
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Why not this is done? its an most important for visuals build
RE: Custom Viz access to the previous levels in a drill-down
Hope New year get a lot of new customs visuals in Power BI inculcating this one.