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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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Naman Mittal on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:15

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Much needed

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Michael Hughes on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:02

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

In a similar idea - when showing values on rows could we expand by row breakdown also?
Eg showing revenue, passengers and capacity on the rows could we then expand by direction?

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Steve Powel on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:51

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Can you also look at how matrices handle additional row columns that are not part of the matrix cols. these don’t seem to be retained correctly when changing them (adding or re ordering) you can also only have the, on the left and alternating row colours don’t seem to work correctly

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Channel@gmail.com on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:46

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Now that we Have +/- in rows, this should not be difficult to add in columns as well, hope we get this to see in MS Business Application on June demo.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:11

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

I need this feature now

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:01

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Replicating Excel reporting and found that column group expand collapse (+/-) is not available in Power Bi. Definitely needed

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:14

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Percebo uma oportunidade de melhoria no layout para melhor manusear via celular.

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Andreas S. on 05 Jul 2020 23:44:22

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Any plans from Microsoft to add this feature? Approx. when?

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Joost on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:40

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

This would be a great addon!

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Joel Faltermeier on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:15

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

This feature would enable many "Excel based" dashboards to be effectively created and managed in PowerBI that use wide tables with expand/collapse groupings. One more "gap closed" in PowerBI vs. Excel functionality.