Terence McDevitt on 12 Jun 2018 20:45:03
The current load indicator (the small spinner in the upper left of reports) isn't really sufficient for users. On our larger reports, which can take a while to load, the user sees a large empty area where we'll the report will eventually render the visuals. Users aren't seeing the small spinner so they think something's wrong. If they're patient enough, they'll eventually see the report visuals load correctly.
It would be great if we had more control over the "loading" state. Ideally, we'd obscure the visuals with a "Loading. Please Wait." overlay. Something along those lines.
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RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
I would add that if there was a dax detector for when visual are spinning, then we could customize anything we wanted related to the spinner by adding custom visuals, such as pop-up messages that say "Please wait while data loads..."., or red/green color signals for when OK to trust data on display, etc.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
This is a big reason I can not get more investment into PowerBI from my organization. If they can know and see that it is not broken and is in fact working, they would be gob smacked by how powerful the tool is. Until then Excel it is, le sigh.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
Strongly Agree- This is a vital feature that will greatly enhance the user experience and help minimize confusion.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
PowerBI usability will improve with a bigger spinner and some kind of % complete for Direct Query.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
Please vote for similar idea here:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34524556-need-better-loading-indicator-for-reports
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
Please make this available, users are confused as current icon is very small and not sure on whats happening
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/35132272-toggle-the-spinning-loading-icon-on-and-off-in-the
Same idea here.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
Please can we have this feature? , the loading indicator is almost invisible.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
At a minimum I would want the spinning dots to be positioned centered in the middle of the visual, and also featured more prominently so that they are more easily seen. Ie increase the size of the whole spinning graphics thing.
Also, if the visual for some reason is dark, the color of the spinning dots need to be inversed so that they are seen and dont just blur into the dark background.
RE: Need better loading indicator for reports
Please can we have this feature? On a dark theme with many small items, the loading indicator is almost invisible.