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Auto size and space tables/visuals
I'd like to have tables/matrices (or other visuals for that matter) auto size, as well as the position of a table being able to be locked to the bottom of another table. That way if you have 2 tables, one below the other, the second table will always appear in the same relative position (i.e. at the bottom of the first, no matter how big the table). Is this possible?
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Hi s0198362,
It is not possible in PowerBI. The auto size of a visual is not available now. After the size of a visual is fixed, it will not be changed conditionally based on the content, you have to scroll up and down to see all the records. The only thing we can do is setting the size of visual and fix its position.
Thanks,
Yuliana GuHi v-yulgu-msft
Is this still not available in Power BI? I am missing, can you point me to the right release version?
Thanks!
I don't believe you can automatically do this, but PowerBI just added the ability to show and snap-to a grid, which makes lining things up easy.
You can turn that feature on by going:
Open PowerBI > File > Options & Settings > Options > Preview Features > Gridlines & Snap to Grid
Once that's on, go to View on the ribbon and turn on the grid.
Alternatively, you can alter the X Y coordinates of each graph, but that's much more time consuming
Thanks. Yes I'd seen the sanp to grid function. My problem is I am showing 2 tables (say of monthly shipments) that vary in size depending on the month/quarter elected.
I'd like a table report/view to go out to certain people that always looks the same in terms of spacing. Having a load of whitespace or overlapping data doesn't look good.
Then I suggest you set the X/Y Position and Width/Height to something specific. That way, you'll always know where the visuals will be and how large. It's not ideal, but as far as I know, it's the best fix that Power BI has currently.
Just checking if you were able to get any solution to this.
I think it would be great feature to have in the bucket. Any clues ??
