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Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

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Amanda Rivera (SHE/HER) on 17 Nov 2018 02:30:35

Vote on this idea if you want expand/collapse on column headers in the matrix similar to what was shipped for row headers in November (https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-2018-feature-summary/#expandCollapse).

Administrator on 28 Jan 2023 20:33:12

10/20/2022 - Just an update, this is an extremely expensive item, which is why it has not been picked up yet. I promise we will revisit this after we ship visual calculations

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Rasmus Kaas on 17 Dec 2020 09:29:46

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

I have been working as a Power BI developer/consultant from the start, and every month since then I have been scrolling through the list of new updates, looking for this feature.

I cannot count how many customers throughout those years, I have been trying to tell how great Power BI is, and then explain to them why this feature is not available. It is hard to implement, is the best answer I have been able to give, then they look at me and say, But it has been in Excel since the dawn of time...

I have not given up yet.

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sohail ansari on 21 Nov 2020 12:17:07

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4+ years and it was Amanda your own employee, still waiting for it. Great

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Martin Kratky on 22 Oct 2020 06:27:55

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This feature is available in Acterys Matrix https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/power-bi-visuals/WA200000186?tab=Overview

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Bruno Eduardo de Rossi on 17 Oct 2020 12:50:54

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Look, it is the exceptional function this point to have a view within a table, we have countless possibilities of use, such as a company's cash flow, grouping sales periods of products and categories, that is, the possibilities will be absurd with that functionality.

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Emma Haydon on 12 Oct 2020 09:36:17

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To act as though Power BI is the future and not have equivalent functionality to Excel as the basic offering seems absolute madness to me!

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Ross Robinson on 25 Sep 2020 03:10:45

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

This would be a big help. I come from a SAP BW/BI background and we take for granted the ability to be able to organise measures using expand/collapse toggles. I was surprised this was not available by default in Power BI.

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Ralf Krahnert on 23 Sep 2020 08:39:11

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Would be very helpful!

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trum cuoi phan thiet on 08 Sep 2020 15:45:47

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nbnhb

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trum cuoi phan thiet on 08 Sep 2020 15:39:10

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hb

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Fariza ABAHRI on 28 Aug 2020 11:15:38

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Interest in it