One clear starting point. The right report. The right access.
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OVERVIEW
Team performance
Updated today
Total revenue$2.48M↑ 8.4%
Open opportunities1,284↑ 3.1%
On-time delivery94.6%↑ 1.8%
Monthly trendLast 6 months
A familiar menu points to reports in their original Power BI locations.
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WHICH KIND OF NAVIGATION DO YOU NEED?
Inside one report
Use page tabs, buttons, bookmarks, and drill-through to guide a report reader through that report.
ONE REPORT
Inside a Power BI app
Use the app’s navigation to present content packaged for its audience from a workspace.
APP CONTENT
Across destinations
Use a portal menu when people need a consistent starting point for reports and apps across teams or workspaces.
PORTAL MENU
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ONE MENU, CLEAR ACCESS BOUNDARIES
LumioBI groupControls which menu links are shown
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Curated menuFinance • Sales • Operations
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Microsoft Power BIAuthenticates user and checks report access
Important: Seeing a link in a menu is not a grant of access. Microsoft authentication and Power BI permissions remain the authority for opening the report.
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BUILD A MENU PEOPLE CAN USE
01 Group links by audience or task.
02 Use report names people recognize.
03 Link to the canonical report or app.
04 Set Microsoft permissions at the source.
By LumioBI · Reviewed
Choose a Power BI navigation menu that fits your audience
Power BI offers useful navigation at different levels. Report buttons, page tabs, bookmarks, and drill-through help people move within an individual report. A Power BI app can package content for an audience. When employees need one place to discover reports and apps spread across teams or workspaces, a separate portal menu can provide that starting point.
LumioBI can organize report and app links into a group-aware menu. Administrators can shape which menu entries a group sees; Microsoft sign-in and the underlying Power BI permissions still determine whether each destination opens. The menu is a discovery and navigation layer, not a replacement for Microsoft authorization.
It is a set of links or controls that helps people find reports and move between them. Power BI has navigation inside reports and apps; a portal can provide a broader starting menu across destinations.
Can a Power BI menu combine reports from different workspaces?
A curated portal such as LumioBI can organize links to reports and apps from multiple workspaces in one menu. Each destination still uses its Microsoft Power BI sign-in and permissions.
Does LumioBI menu access replace Power BI permissions?
No. LumioBI groups can determine which menu links a person sees, while Microsoft authentication and Power BI permissions determine whether that person can open the underlying report.
When should I use native Power BI navigation?
Use report buttons for movement within one report and a Power BI app when its content and audience fit the app’s workspace-based packaging. Consider a portal menu when people need one curated entry point across multiple destinations.
