accoCOMMENT - Writeback for contextual text based commentary and ratings

Rich, structured comments and actions directly in your Power BI reports Create, edit, and save contextual comments and create actions directly inside Power BI — with full writeback support. If you experience issues purchasing through AppSource, please contact us for alternative licensing options. ________________________________________ WHY accoCOMMENT? Organizations often struggle to capture the why behind the numbers. Email threads, Excel notes, and disconnected systems make it difficult to store business context consistently. accoCOMMENT solves this by enabling users to comment directly in Power BI: • Add business explanations to KPIs • Document anomalies and data quality issues • Capture management commentary for financial reporting • Collect structured feedback • Attach supporting documents to specific numbers • Enhance collaboration directly in the BI workflow As a native Power BI visual, you maintain the full flexibility of Power BI — both technically and visually — while enabling a powerful commenting workflow without switching systems. ________________________________________ WHAT IS accoCOMMENT? accoCOMMENT is a Power BI custom visual that enables users to create context-dependent comments and Actions tied directly to any number, visual, slice, or filtered dataset in Power BI. It goes far beyond simple text commenting: ✔ Rich text comments (bold, colors, bullets, formatting) ✔ Ratings and structured assessments ✔ Dropdown selections & categorical inputs ✔ Upload of files and supporting documents ✔ Figures, tags, and metadata ✔ All stored together with the current filter context, row context, and data subsets ✔ Fully integrated writeback functionality to SQL With accoCOMMENT, users can capture explanations, decisions, documentation, and business reasoning exactly where the data is being analyzed. Because it is embedded directly in Power BI, comments automatically reflect the applied filters and are saved with that exact context. ________________________________________ HOW DOES IT WORK? accoCOMMENT lets users create comments in the context of any applied filter or data slice. For example: • A comment tied to a specific product, month, region • A comment tied to a customer segment filtered in the report • A comment tied to a specific KPI value • A comment containing rich text, tags, selections, ratings, and attachments These comments are written back to a SQL table so they can be used in models, reporting, governance processes, planning, or approval workflows. ________________________________________ REQUIREMENTS 1. Microsoft Power BI (https://powerbi.microsoft.com) 2. SQL table access (Azure/Fabric/on-prem SQL recommended) for storing writeback data 3. accoCOMMENT license (Though AppSource or a License key from vendor) ________________________________________ HOW TO GET STARTED accoCOMMENT is a Power BI custom visual available through Microsoft AppSource. Once added to your report: 1. Connect it to your Power BI model 2. Configure the fields that define context (e.g., product, period, department) 3. Provide a SQL table for storing comments via writeback 4. License (Though AppSource (no license key required) or a License key from vendor) That’s it. Users can now add contextual comments and Actions directly inside the report. ________________________________________ SUPPORTED FEATURES • Rich text editor with advanced formatting • Ratings, categorical inputs • File upload (documents, images, attachments) • Tags and metadata • Numbers and figures • Context-aware writeback • Comment versioning and history overview • Row-level and context-level commenting • Locking or restricting comment types based on rules • Static dropdowns or Dynamic dropdowns based on DAX logic • Read/edit-only modes • Row Level Security • Audit logs • Extended input validation (including regex) ________________________________________ POPULAR USE CASES • Financial reporting commentary and actions • Budgeting & forecasting explanations • Audit trails and governance documentation • Data quality notes and anomaly tracking • Product, customer, or KPI-specific comments and actions • Project updates linked directly to report metrics • Structured feedback collection ________________________________________ MAIN BENEFITS OF accoCOMMENT • Stay inside Power BI — no switching systems • Use any existing dataset and DAX calculations • Add contextual knowledge to your BI environment • Enhance collaboration and organizational insights • Extremely fast to implement • Easy maintenance, low cost • No servers or additional applications required • Works anywhere PowerBI.com works ________________________________________ For more information and pricing, please visit accotool.com ________________________________________ Browser Compatibility Currently, this visual is not compatible with Safari on macOS. Visual Capabilities When this visual is used, it Can access external services or resources.