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Duplicate data in Table visualization - Displaying as is Data
I want ot display a table from SQL server as is in PowerBI Table visualization. However, PowerBI seems to remove the duplicates from the table when charted.
Table in Query Editor with duplicates :
When the table is displayed as 'Table' visualization:
Is there a way to change this behaviour and d
Abhaykumar - You could also add an Index column to your query on import so that you have a unique number. Power BI is first and foremost a data aggregation and visualization tool, it sort of assumes you want to DO something with the data, not just display it raw.
That being said, surprisingly, I have not see this posted in Ideas, so I would recommend that you submit it and post the link back here so we can vote for it.
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I'm also having this problem. We are trying to dig into financial details and want to be able to see which payments are duplicated (and thus erroneous), but the Power BI Desktop table doesn't show duplicates, it shows each unique row only. I get that this is an aggregate tool, but it seems like the table should have a property that allows you to show distinct or show raw.
Have you find any solution for this issue. If so, please let me know.
Abhaykumar v-qiuyu-msft Greg_Deckler
Are there any updates/progress on the above mentioned issue?
Thanks,
Jash.Hi,
@Abhaykumar @v-qiuyu-msft @Greg_Deckler
I'm also facing the similar issue, Is there any solution/update on this?
Thank you
As far as i can see there isn't. It's crazy that this is such a basic thing and cannot be done. Also i don't agree with the point "this is by design". The user should have ultimate control over whether the data is showed "as-is" or being aggregated in any way. So in the worst case, there MUST be a mechanism allowed to turn this off and allow duplicates in the table visual to show. Unreal!
You can show a count of each code for each date? Would that work?
Thanks Sean for your reply. This is a work around that I am using right now. However, it is baffling that i cannot display data as is. I wanted to explore if there is any way to turn auto-unduplication off.
Abhaykumar - You could also add an Index column to your query on import so that you have a unique number. Power BI is first and foremost a data aggregation and visualization tool, it sort of assumes you want to DO something with the data, not just display it raw.
That being said, surprisingly, I have not see this posted in Ideas, so I would recommend that you submit it and post the link back here so we can vote for it.
I'm facing issue like I need to load the table which should have 500 rows out of that 300 rows will be duplicated.
But currently in table visual view, it is pulling only the unique rows which is 200 rows in my case. But i wanted to include all the 500 rows eventhough it have duplicates. can you help me with the ways to fix this ?
Someone has added this improvement as an idea for Microsoft. I gave it a vote, and I'll leave this here for anyone else experiencing this issue. Option to keep duplicates in Table visual - Microsoft Fabric Community
