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Add favorites for dashboards, reports, and apps in Power BI

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When you mark content as a favorite, you access it quickly from the Favorites list. Favorites are content you visit most often and show a filled star.

Screenshot of the main Power BI page with Favorites highlighted.

Add a dashboard or report as a favorite

  1. Open a dashboard or report you use often. Shared content can be a favorite.

  2. On the top menu bar in the Power BI service, select Add to Favorites or the star icon.

    Screenshot of the Favorites icon on the toolbar.

    Favorite a dashboard or report anywhere you see the star icon, like Home, Recent, Apps, and Shared with me.

    Screenshot of the Favorites tab on the Power BI main page.

Work with favorites

View your favorites in a few ways.

  1. On the Browse pane, select the Favorites tab to see all your favorites.

    Screenshot of the Home page with the Favorites tab highlighted.

    Open a favorite, identify owners, and share favorites with colleagues.

  2. Access favorites from Power BI Home: In the Expanded display mode they're in Favorites + frequents, and in the Simplified display mode they're on the Favorites tab.

    Screenshot of Home showing where to select the Simplified display mode in the upper right corner.

    Screenshot of Home showing the Favorites tab selected.

Unfavorite content

If you no longer use a report, dashboard, or app often, unfavorite it. Unfavoriting removes it from your Favorites list, not from Power BI. Select the black star to turn it white again.

Screenshot of the Favorites tab with an item being unfavorited.

Mobile

In the Power BI mobile apps (iOS and Android):

  • Tap the star in the header or item menu to favorite or unfavorite.
  • Favorites sync across devices and the Power BI service.
  • When you favorite an app, all dashboards and reports in that app are also favorited. You can't unfavorite them individually.
  • To unfavorite, tap the filled star again.

Considerations and limitations

When you favorite an app, you also favorite all its reports and dashboards. You can't favorite individual reports or dashboards in an app.

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