8 Use Cases for Bulk Copy Paste (Mass Filtering) in Power BI

Clicking one by one to select 10, 20, or even 50+ values in a Power BI filter can be tedious and very time-consuming. This is especially true when you already have the entire list in excel, an email, or another source.

With Inforiver Super Filter, you can work smarter by pasting multiple values directly from external sources like Excel, emails, or CRM systems, instantly applying filters in a single step. No more manual selection—just seamless filtering, saving you time and effort.

Whether you’re working with long lists of IDs, SKUs, customer names, or product codes, effortlessly apply filters in bulk—without the frustration of manual selection. This feature significantly enhances productivity and streamlines workflows, especially when dealing with large datasets. Here are some real-world use cases:

Whether you’re working with long lists of IDs, SKUs, customer names, or product codes, effortlessly apply filters in bulk—without the frustration of manual selection. This feature significantly enhances productivity and streamlines workflows, especially when dealing with large datasets.

Real-world use cases for mass filtering in Power BI

1. Analyzing Sales Performance for Multiple Products

• Use Case: A sales manager wants to filter a report to show data for only specific SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) from a list of 1000+ products.
• Without mass filtering: The user would need to manually select each product from the list of 1000+ products in the filter panel, which is time-consuming and frustrating.
• With bulk copy-paste: The user can copy a list of product IDs from an excel sheet and paste them directly into the filter, instantly narrowing down the report to only the relevant products.

2. Customer Segmentation & Targeted Marketing Analysis

• Use Case: A marketing analyst needs to filter the report to show data for only high-value customers identified from a CRM system.
• Without mass filtering: They must search and check multiple customer names or IDs individually.
• With bulk copy-paste: They can copy 200+ customer IDs from their CRM and apply them in one go, instantly viewing the filtered insights.

3. Fraud Detection & Compliance in Finance

• Use Case: A compliance officer is investigating suspicious transactions and needs to filter the dataset by specific account numbers flagged for review.
• Without mass filtering: They would have to manually check each account number.
• With bulk copy-paste: They can copy-paste a list of flagged accounts from a report and quickly filter the dashboard to analyze the transactions.

4. Inventory & Supply Chain Analysis

• Use Case: A logistics manager needs to analyze supplier performance across specific warehouse locations in multiple cities.
• Without mass filtering: They must select warehouse names one by one.
• With bulk copy-paste: They can copy a list of warehouse codes from an ERP system and instantly filter the Power BI report.

5. Healthcare & Patient Data Filtering

• Use Case: A hospital administrator needs to filter reports based on patient IDs related to a recent clinical trial study.
• Without mass filtering: Searching for and selecting each patient manually.
• With bulk copy paste: Copying a list of trial participants from a database and pasting it into the filter instantly refines the data.

6. IT & Cybersecurity Analysis

• Use Case: A security team is tracking access logs for suspicious user IDs who attempted unauthorized logins.
• Without mass filtering: Manually selecting each user ID in the report.
• With bulk copy-paste: Copying all flagged user IDs from a security audit and pasting them into the filter to quickly analyze login patterns.

7. Retail Store Performance Comparison

• Use Case: A retail chain manager wants to compare performance across a specific set of stores based on a recent market research study.
• Without mass filtering: They must select stores one by one.
• With bulk copy-paste: They can copy store IDs from the research report and filter the Power BI dashboard instantly.

8. Legal & Contract Management

• Use Case: A legal team is tracking contracts for specific vendors who are under audit
• Without mass filtering: Searching for each vendor in the slicer.
• With bulk copy-paste: Copying all vendor names from the legal case files and applying the filter in one go.

Conclusion

Mass/Bulk filtering in Inforiver Super Filter for Power BI removes manual selection effort, reduces human error, and saves time when working with large datasets. Instead of searching for each value, users can copy-paste multiple values from external sources like excel, emails, CRM systems or any other list to instantly apply filters to their reports.

Read more about configuring Mass Filter in Inforiver Super Filter here. Inforiver Super Filter is available for free on Microsoft AppSource.

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