Report filter scopes

Within Power BI Desktop, the Filters pane provides access to three different filter scopes, filters on all pages, filters on the current page, and filters on the current visual. In addition, a fourth filter scope can be set in the Visualizations pane, using drillthrough filters.

Filter scopes simply refer to what is impacted by the filter, either just the visual, the whole report page, the entire report, or only when drilling into a visual’s information. A fundamental skill and practice in Power BI report development is utilizing the report filter scopes and the filter conditions available to each scope.

For example, a report intended for the European sales team can be filtered at the report level for the European sales territory group and specific report pages can be filtered for France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Reports can be further customized by implementing filter conditions to specific visuals, applying more complex filter conditions...