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Need better loading indicator for reports

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Terence McDevitt's profile image

Terence McDevitt on 2018-06-12 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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Brent on 2019-08-30 04:30:34

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Report Page Loading Graphic

Typically, when a report is loading, you see each individual visual load asynchronously, which provides a frustrating user experience. Instead, the user experience could be upgraded by having an intermediate view of "report loading" with an animated refresh icon. Once all visual components are...

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Andreea Nadia Apostu on 2021-02-12 12:27:19

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Power BI Loading Spinner

It would be great for report building to have the option to personalize the loading spinner, either to make it bigger or to be able to import a GIF or an image (with a loading icon), to be visible during refresh/data loading and eventually to disappear from the page after the results are shown. I...

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Remy Spanjaard on 2021-03-24 10:24:09

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Page loading indicator

In cases when you are using coloured headers, but also in general, the loading animation per visual is sometimes hard to spot for business users. Especially if filters have been changed and heavy calculations are in progress, it requires some effort to spot when this process is actually done loa...

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Geoff Taylor on 2022-06-09 20:55:12

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Increase Loading icons

currently the "loading wheel" is very small and hard to see. It would be a lot better if it was larger and clearer to see that tables are adjusting based on selected filters.

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Power BI User on 2020-04-04 00:52:15

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Increase size & relocate the Visuals are loading... spinner icon

The Visuals are loading... spinner icon in the upper left is very difficult to see (especially when you use a dark background title bar). Increasing the size (at least 2X3 times what its is now) & placing it in the center of the visual will guarantee that users know that the visual is not current.

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Silas on 2018-12-07 03:36:39

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Grey out visuals while loading data

It's very important for users to know when data has been refreshed, following a selection they made. In August 2018 Server version, it seems that the spinner in the upper left corner of each visual only works sometimes, meaning often users have no idea whether the visual has new data or not. At t...

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