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Cortana integration

Create a Cortana answer card:
- Add a report page to an existing report or create a new report based on the Cortana-enabled dataset.
- From the Page Formatting pane, enable Q&A and set the Page Size Type to Cortana.

Page Formatting Options for a Cortana Answer Card

Provide aliases in the Q&A form that Cortana can associate with this answer card.

Answer cards are sized specifically for Cortana and are the only way Cortana can find answers in Power BI Data. Similar to Phone Layout, Card, Gauge and KPI visuals are more easily viewed in Cortana Answer Cards than chart visuals.

Set a page level filter and configure Require ...

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