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s0198362
Advocate I
9 years ago

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...
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th3h0bb5
Resolver II
9 years ago

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

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s0198362
Advocate I
9 years ago

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.

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    th3h0bb5
    Resolver II
    9 years ago

    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.