Repositioning report visuals by editing their position (X and Y coordinates)

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Answer Correct answer: C — the X and Y position properties place each visual on the report canvas.

You have a Power BI report that contains the visuals shown in the following table. You need to modify the location of each visual. What should you modify for each visual? - image

  1. the layer order
  2. the padding
  3. the position Correct Answer
  4. the tab order
visual position x y report canvas layout format pane general

Community Votes

C
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100% of anonymous learners picked answer C. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Community Insight

A visual's position — its X and Y values under General > Properties — is the coordinate pair that decides where the visual sits on the canvas; editing it moves the visual.

A report contains several visuals whose locations must change, and the exhibit lists per-visual coordinates, so the property controlling each visual's placement must be identified.

Confusing layer order or tab order with location — both order things (stacking depth and keyboard focus sequence) without moving a single pixel of any visual.

Community Discussion (13 comments)

noone420 👍 8 Selected: C
C is correct
Anloindian123 👍 1 Selected: C
The coordinates correspond to the position of each visual. C is correct
jaume 👍 2 Selected: C
It seems clear to me modifying the layer order and/or tab order is not going to change the location of any visual but it could be argued modifying the padding is changing it. Anyway, no discusion modifying the position is changing the position
LuluSkyy 👍 1
Correct answer is C
539d541 👍 2 Selected: C
Ridiculously wrong answer given.....it is C
nammm112 👍 1 Selected: C
C is correct
rcaliandro 👍 1 Selected: C
C, the position
varuns 👍 1 Selected: C
the position
AfuIRa 👍 1
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MITZ619 👍 4 Selected: C
C. should be the correct answer because the position of a visual in Power BI determines where it appears on the report page.
Florinuca 👍 2
The correct answer is C = Position (X and Y coordinates)
INDEAVR 👍 1 Selected: C
C. the position
albert1809 👍 3 Selected: C
i think the answer is C

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Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

The exhibit shows each visual alongside coordinate values, which correspond to the visual's Position settings (X and Y) in the Format pane's General properties. Modifying the position (C) changes the canvas location of each visual directly — that is the definition of the task.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Layer order (A) determines which overlapping visual renders in front of another; it changes stacking, not placement. Padding (B) inserts space inside a visual between its border and contents — it alters the visual's internal layout, not its coordinates on the page. Tab order (D) sequences keyboard navigation through visuals, with no effect on where anything appears.

Community Comment Notes

A commenter reads the exhibit plainly: the numbers shown are coordinates, and coordinates are the position property, so C is correct. Another observes that layer and tab order clearly cannot relocate anything, leaving position as the only candidate.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-what-is-desktop

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