Combining multiple sections in a matrix

[Veblengood]

I have a matrix with sales by category in rows and by years (from date table) in columns. At the same time I have a different matrix showing indexes comparing this year sales to last year sales and so on using the same categories.

What I want is to combine those matrices (as you would do in excel) into one, without repeating the indeces for each year. Is this possible? Another solution would be to make one matrix dependent on the other so that the same categories are always displayed in either matrix.

Category	2021	2022	2023
A	1	2	3
B	40	50	60

Category	Index YA	Index vs 2 YA
A	50%	300%
B

	Year			Index
Category	2021	2022	2023	Index Ya	Index 2 Ya
A	1	2	3	50%	300%
B	40	50	60

[v-yueyunzh-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi , @Veblengood 

According to your description, you want to combine two Matix visual to one . Right?
In Power BI Desktop , if you want to realize it , you need to create  a new table as the column headers , like this:

Then we need use this table as the Matrix's column headers . And then we need to create a measure to judge the column name(We can use SWITCH() or IF() function) and calculate the value in the logic.

Thank you for your time and sharing, and thank you for your support and understanding of PowerBI! 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

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[amitchandak]

@Veblengood , Try if this hybrid visual approch can help

if you are looking for a Hybrid display with Matrix Column and measure
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Creating-a-custom-or-hybrid-matrix-in-PowerBI/ba-p/1...
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/The-New-Hotness-Custom-Matrix-Hierarchy/m-p/...

vote for Hybrid Table
https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=9bc32b23-1eb1-4e74-8b34-349887b37ebc

unpivot column is another approch