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marc-y
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Can't drag table column to the "values" field of a matrix visual

Hello all,

I am facing a strange issue whereby I can't put a table's column into the "values" field of a matrix visual.

It never happened earlier and I have multiple matrix visuals that contain table columns in the values field. However, recently when I try to create new matrix visuals, it's not allowing me to place anything besides meausures in the "values" field.

Would really appreciate any pointers, thanks!

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I've had this issue come up before...never figured out the issue but am having the same issue now and there are a lot of fields. Would be a huge pain to have to create all of these...

 

Did you get a solution figured out?

marc-y
Frequent Visitor

Hello,

It's a text. Earlier, I was able to add it to values and show values as "Count" or "Distinct Count". 

 

It's not possible to do so now

amitchandak
Super User
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@marc-y , what is the datatype of that column? Usually, it should allow all. Also, have you created any calculation groups?

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I'm having this issue as well. I had calculation groups at one time. But like what was said earlier, I used columns for distinct, avg, min, etc. I turned off Calculation Groups, and restarted Power Bi(more then a few times) but I'm still not able to use the columns as values.

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