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Chris99
Advocate III
8 years ago
Solved

Timeline Slicer Usability

The Timeline Slicer custom visual works quite well. However it is currently pretty much unusable due to its massive space requirements. At the moment one third of the vertical space on my report is t...
timeline slicer
  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    8 years ago

    Thank you for the feedback.

    We'll consider all of points in upcoming versions.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

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RLilj33
New Member
7 years ago

+1 on getting the amount of page real estate used improved for this extremely useful slicer.

 

Some ideas:

  1. Move the Range Header up to top of the visualization (aligned with the top of the slider)
  2. Display the Y/Q/M/W indicators on the horizontal plane instead of vertical
  3. Allow for a static size of cells
    1. Even better, allow the developer to set the cell size
  4. Allow customization of the slider Granularity level
    1. Instead of forcing Y/Q/M/W/D, allow developers to select which of these values to allow on the slider
  5. Allow for custom date range entry
    1. Ideally, allow a user to click on the first and/or last date and enter a custom value
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v-viig
Community Champion
7 years ago

Thanks for ideas guys. We'll consider all of them.

 

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

 

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

[email protected]

  • Chris99's avatar
    Chris99
    Advocate III
    7 years ago

    v-viig Can I ask why this is showing as solved? Just saying "Yeh, we'll look at that at some unknown time in the future" is not a solution.

     

    Chris

    • v-viig's avatar
      v-viig
      Community Champion
      7 years ago

      Not really sure.

       

      I suggest to create another topic in ideas to track its status.

       

      Ignat Vilesov,

      Software Engineer

       

      Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

      [email protected]

      • Chris99's avatar
        Chris99
        Advocate III
        7 years ago

        v-viigThanks, but there are already ideas around the timeline slicer, and I don't want to fragment the votes. Can't this post just be marked an unsolved?

         

        Anyway, the Power BI team don't seem that active on the ideas section, as there is no attempt to consolidate very similar ideas, popular and long-running ideas often get no feedback from Power BI team members, and sometimes items are marked as completed when the features released do not meet the initial idea.

         

        Sorry if this sounds like a moan, but I just feel that in its current state the ideas pages often leave me feeling frustrated.

         

        Cheers,

         

        Chris