PL-300 Visualize and analyze the data Practice Question
You have a Power BI report that shows sales by product category. The report is used by the sales team, who need to see the data at a regional level. You want to allow users to switch between viewing data for all regions and a specific region without creating multiple pages. Which feature should you use?
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Use bookmarks with a region slicer.
Bookmarks with a region slicer is the correct approach because bookmarks capture the current state of a report page, including slicer selections, so users can toggle between an 'All regions' view and a filtered single-region view on the same page without duplicating pages. This directly satisfies the requirement to switch views in place while keeping a single report page. Tooltip pages only show supplementary detail on hover and cannot replace the main page's filtered view, drillthrough pages navigate to separate pages per region rather than switching views on one page, and the Q&A visual requires users to type natural-language queries instead of providing a simple toggle control.
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Use bookmarks with a region slicer.
Why this is correct
Bookmarks are the correct choice because they capture a snapshot of a report page's state, including the current selection in a region slicer. You can create one bookmark per region, each storing the slicer's filtered state, and then bind those bookmarks to buttons so users can switch the view instantly without leaving the page. This satisfies the requirement to show sales by product category while letting the user change the region context through a controlled, interactive navigation experience.
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Add a tooltip page that shows regional data.
Why it's wrong here
A tooltip page is designed to display supplementary details when a user hovers over a data point, such as a product category's trend or breakdown. It cannot switch the main report view or change the slicer selection; it merely overlays contextual information and disappears when the cursor moves away. Therefore, it does not give users the ability to actively toggle between predefined region views.
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Create drillthrough pages for each region.
Why it's wrong here
Drillthrough pages are intended for deeper analysis: they require a source visual to pass a field value (like a region) to a separate target page, which then shows detailed data for that single value. This changes the page entirely instead of updating the region slicer on the same report page, and it relies on a right-click or Ctrl+click gesture rather than a visible button for switching views. It also would not preserve the product category context or allow quick back-and-forth switching without leaving the current page.
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Enable the Q&A visual and let users type the region.
Why it's wrong here
The Q&A visual lets users type natural language questions and see an automatically generated answer, but it functions as an ad hoc query tool rather than a mechanism for switching predefined views. Typing a region might return a single number or a new chart, but it does not apply a consistent slicer selection to the existing report visuals or maintain the same product category view. This makes it unsuitable for a structured, repeatable way to toggle between fixed region perspectives.
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