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vdburg
Resolver I
6 years ago

Error with visual objects with too many values

Hi,

When there are too many values in an visual object it just randomly filters out some channels and shows a total different thing than what it is suppossed to.

 

I have made up a table with 999 channels, with some random values. When I just select 52 of those values it works ok:

 

But when I just leave all of them, the chart just removes some values and shows different proportions:

 

It shows a small icon warning that it has too many values. I have tried to make clear to every user that when this happens they should be careful. But they don´t see it and it leads to many misinterpretations of the data. And although I could teach everyone to be careful the Power BI team should come up with a different solution. The chart doesn´t have to show all the channels, but it should show in descending order those with the highest upon to the lowest values, but still calculate the proportion over all values.

 

I consider this an urgent issue to address. It doesn´t make sense to offer a tool with many amazing features but that in some cases causes misinterpretations of the data, which can lead to organizations to make wrong decisions.

 

I just found out that I posted the same issue almost two years ago. I am amazed by Power BI as a tool and excited about every new feature the Power BI team launches every month but it dissapoints me very much that this issue hasn´t been addressed.

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