In Power BI, highlighting in a visual is used to indicate what?

Highlighting in a visual within Power BI serves the purpose of indicating the selected filter's impact on the data. When you apply a filter or select a particular data point, the highlighting shows how that selection affects other related data points in the visual. This allows users to see the relationships and impacts of their selections more clearly, providing a more intuitive understanding of the data being analyzed.

For example, if you filter a visual to show data for a specific category, the remaining visible data points may be highlighted to indicate how they are affected by the filter, making it easier for users to draw insights from the visual. This functionality is crucial for interactive data analysis as it enhances the user's ability to understand complex datasets by visualizing impacts in real time.

Highlighting does not represent the total, average, or relationship between data points independently; instead, it specifically focuses on showing the effects of user interactions with the filters or selections made within the report.