Configure app settings

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You can configure your app in many ways. For instance, you can have the app use biometric identification to help secure your data, and you can change app settings to create a customized experience that better suits your needs and preferences.

Protect Power BI data with biometric identification

The Power BI apps for iOS and Android let you protect your data by requiring additional identification. If you set up this feature, additional identification is required every time the app is launched or brought to the foreground. On iOS, the additional identification includes Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode. On Android, you'd provide biometric data (fingerprint ID). You can set up biometric identification in the app settings.

For more information, see Protect Power BI app with Face ID, Touch ID, passcode, or biometric data.

Configure your experience

To customize your experience with the Power BI mobile app, you can configure numerous settings.

  • Light and dark mode: If you prefer dark text against a light background or light text against a dark background, you can choose which mode to use, or you could continue with the mode that your system uses. For these types of changes, use the Appearance option in the app settings.
  • Docked report footer: You might find that having the report footer available at all times is more convenient. Alternatively, you might prefer to have the report footer disappear when you're not using it. You can choose what happens with the report footer by using the Docked report footer option in the app settings.
  • Multi-select: You can have the effects of selecting a data point replace the effects of the previous selection, or you can view the cumulative effect of selecting multiple data points through the Multi-select option in the app settings.
  • Button for refreshing reports (Android only): You can choose to have a refresh button on all report headers or to use the pull-to-refresh action by swiping down slightly from top to bottom on the report page. You can make these changes by using the Report refresh option in the app settings.

To find the app settings, tap your profile picture in the upper-left corner of the home page and then tap Settings. The following image shows this process on iOS; however, the process is similar on Android.

Screenshot of the Settings gear on an iOS device.

This action gets you to the settings page. The iOS and Android pages differ slightly.

Screenshot of the Settings page on an iOS device.