Object Actions¶
Reference for every action on the right-click menu of the Power BI Explorer, which rows it applies to, and the permission or setup it needs.
How the menu is built¶
The menu is built each time you right-click, from the rows you selected. An action that does not apply to the selection, or that your role does not allow, is left out. MetaMiner permissions are granted per environment in the MetaMiner Administrator (MMA); see Permissions Reference. When MetaMiner user security is off, every permission is granted.
If your selection includes an environment row together with other rows, the menu offers only Open in Default Browser.
Image of the Power BI Explorer context menu on a workspace row showing Open in Default Browser, View Impacted Objects..., Explore Security, Modify, Open in New Tab, View, Copy Text and Properties...
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Actions¶
| Action | Applies to | Needs | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open in Default Browser | One workspace, or one app, report, dashboard, semantic model or dataflow directly in a workspace | Open in Default Browser permission | Opens the item in the Power BI web portal of your tenant's cloud |
| Force On Demand Pull... | One environment row | - | Asks the MetaMiner Server (MMS) to rebuild the environment snapshot from collected data. See Refresh and Background Tasks |
| View Impacted Objects... | One or more workspaces, apps, reports, dashboards, semantic models, tables, data sources or dataflows | - | Opens the Power BI IA graph for the selection. See Impact Analysis |
| Explore Security > Selection Only / Selection and Children | Any rows except environment rows | View Security permission | Opens the security matrix for the selected items, or for the items and everything under them. See Security Matrix |
| Modify > Manage Access... | One or more workspaces of the same environment | Power BI sign-in in the client | Opens Manage Access to list and change workspace members. See Manage Workspace Access |
| Open in New Tab > Selection Only / Selection and Children | Rows in the main Power BI Explorer tab | - | Opens a closable copy of the tree with only the selected rows, or the rows and their children |
| View > View Activities | One workspace, app, report, dashboard, semantic model or dataflow; or several workspaces | View Activities permission; activity events collected for the environment | Opens Activities with the collected Power BI activity events for the item or workspaces |
| Copy Text | Any row | - | Copies the text of the cell you right-clicked |
| Archive content... | One or more reports in the same workspace | The MetaMiner app has access to the workspace | Downloads the reports as .pbix files in a ZIP archive. See Export PBIX Files |
| Restore workspace | One workspace marked deleted | Tenant Admin permission, Power BI sign-in, a Fabric administrator account | Restores the workspace in Power BI. See Restore Deleted Workspaces |
| Properties... (Alt+Enter) | One row | - | Shows the collected attributes of the item |
Impact analysis is available for workspaces, apps, reports, dashboards, semantic models, semantic model tables, data sources and dataflows. The security matrix shows access for workspaces, reports, dashboards, semantic models and dataflows. Fabric items such as lakehouses and notebooks are listed in the tree with Properties..., Copy Text and Open in New Tab.
Live and collected data
Manage Access..., Restore workspace and Archive content... work on the live tenant. All other actions use the data MetaMiner already collected, so a change made in Power BI shows only after the next collection.
View Activities¶
View Activities lists the Power BI activity events MetaMiner collected for the item: who did what, and when. With several workspaces selected, the window title shows the number of workspaces and events.
The window can also show the SQL MetaMiner used, so you can refine the query in Meta Query.
If the window reports No activities found, the item had no events in the collected period, or activity collection is not set up for the environment. See What MetaMiner Collects.
Image of the Activities window for a report, with the event list and the SQL area
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TODO: list the columns of the Activities window and confirm how the SQL is shown
Source to check: Activities window on a current release.
Open in New Tab¶
The new tab is named Power BI Explorer with a number and has a close button. It holds a copy of the rows at the time you opened it, with its own filters and the same actions. If the selection is very large, the client asks you to confirm before it opens the tab. Close copies you no longer need.