

The barcode scanner can only filter reports that have a column marked as Barcode. You get a message Looks like you don't have any reports that can be filtered by barcodes: This means you don't have any barcode-enabled reports. You can scan a different product, choose a different report (if more than one report is available), or view the report unfiltered. This might be the case, for instance, if the product whose barcode you scanned isn't included in the report. You get a message Couldn't filter report - Looks like this barcode doesn't exist in the report data: This means that the value of the barcode you scanned doesn't appear in the data model of the report you chose to filter. Here are some issues you may encounter when you scan a barcode on an item. If you scan a barcode for a report that has more than one barcode column, no filtering takes place. The mobile apps support Barcode filtering only for reports that have only one barcode column across all report data tables. Indicates that the report is currently not filtered by a barcode. Indicates that the report is currently filtered by a barcode. To know whether a report is currently filtered by a barcode, look at the icon on the Barcode Scanner menu item: The Filters pane gives no indication of barcode filtering. On the floating scanner, select Clear barcode filter to go back to the unfiltered report. On the report's action bar, tap the filled barcode scanner icon that indicates that a filter is active and tap it to open the floating scanner. To clear barcode filtering while in a filtered report:


You'll get a list of reports that have barcode data. You can just open the Power BI scanner on your mobile device and scan an item's barcode. Imagine you're checking inventory in a large supermarket and while your out in the aisles you need to get information about particular products, such as how many the store has in stock, what departments the items are stocked in, etc.Here are examples of two scenarios where barcode scanning is useful:

You can open the report you're looking for, automatically filtered to the information you need. When you scan a product barcode using the Power BI mobile app's camera, you'll get a list of the reports that have barcode data. Say your organization has reports containing data that has been tagged as barcode data in Power BI Desktop. Scan barcodes in the real world to get directly to filtered BI information in the Power BI mobile app.
