Have you ever wondered how users engage with your Power BI reports? Where do they click? What do they ignore? Heatmaps are one of the most powerful tools to uncover these insights, giving you a visual story of user behavior. They don’t just tell you what’s working—they spotlight what’s not, helping you make data-driven improvements that elevate your analytics user experience.
At BI Pixie, we’ve been working hard to help you maximize your investments in Power BI and Fabric and optimize the experience of your dashboards. Today, I’m thrilled to introduce our latest innovation: the Visual Clicks Heatmap. Analyzing the efficiency of your Power BI reports is now possible in a completely new level.
By default, BI Pixie can identify click events of end-users as they interact with the visuals. However, with the activation of this feature, BI Pixie can map clicks and data selection events to individual visuals.
When you activate the heatmap, BI Pixie collects all the positions of the visuals in the instrumented reports. The visuals will be shown in the heatmap and their positions will be marked in dashed white lines.
When end-users click on the visuals, BI Pixie tracks the clicks, and the data that is selected by the end users. The heatmap displays the count of clicks in the heatmap from the lowest count of clicks in purple to the highest count of clicks in red.
When you hover over a specific visual in the heatmap, the tooltip shows the number of clicks and the dimensional data that was selected.
To learn how to activate this feature go to this article in BI Pixie user guide.
At BI Pixie, we’re on a mission to empower Power BI users with tools that deliver actionable insights. The Visual Clicks Heatmap release is just one example of the unique value we aim to bring every day. Try it out, and let us know what you think. Your feedback keeps us growing????
The latest update of BI Pixie has many more features, that are available. I will share more information about them soon.
Here is list of the new features:
1️⃣ Visual Clicks Heatmap: A detailed breakdown of where users click (and where they don’t) on your tracked reports. See all visuals by their exact location, the number of clicks, and even the selected dimensions that drove those clicks.
2️⃣ Capacity & Workspace Analysis: BI Pixie now reads metadata from your Power BI service, letting you analyze report efficiency at both the capacity and workspace levels. This is next-level visibility!
3️⃣ Hyperlinked Navigation: Need to take action fast? Our app includes hyperlinks to specific workspaces, reports, or pages. With one click, jump directly from BI Pixie insights to the Power BI report that needs attention.
4️⃣ Design Changes Impact: On the new Design Changes page, you can track how updates to your reports influence engagement over time. Finally, you can connect the dots between design decisions and user adoption.
5️⃣ Semantic Model Engagement: Measure report engagement at the shared semantic model level. If multiple reports rely on the same model, you’ll now know how that model is driving adoption and value across your organization.
Learn more about BI Pixie here.
