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Elderin
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Dynamic matrix column headers based on user selection

I'm fairly new to power bi but I've done some prior work in Tableau.  In my Tableau reports, I was able to create a calculated field (I called it "Period"), which, based on a dropdown selection, would translate a date into its date, week,  month, quarter, or year value.   I would then use the calculated field as the column header in their matrix.  

 

The end result is that by simply selecting daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly from a dropdown, the user would change the matrix to display data by the selected period breakdown.

 

Does anyone know how to do this in Power BI?

 

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Eric_Zhang
Microsoft Employee
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@Elderin wrote:

I'm fairly new to power bi but I've done some prior work in Tableau.  In my Tableau reports, I was able to create a calculated field (I called it "Period"), which, based on a dropdown selection, would translate a date into its date, week,  month, quarter, or year value.   I would then use the calculated field as the column header in their matrix.  

 

The end result is that by simply selecting daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly from a dropdown, the user would change the matrix to display data by the selected period breakdown.

 

Does anyone know how to do this in Power BI?

 


@Elderin

Not the exact equivalent, but you can check Visual hierarchies and drill-down behavior and Use the new Matrix visual in Power BI Desktop (Preview).

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Eric_Zhang
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee


@Elderin wrote:

I'm fairly new to power bi but I've done some prior work in Tableau.  In my Tableau reports, I was able to create a calculated field (I called it "Period"), which, based on a dropdown selection, would translate a date into its date, week,  month, quarter, or year value.   I would then use the calculated field as the column header in their matrix.  

 

The end result is that by simply selecting daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly from a dropdown, the user would change the matrix to display data by the selected period breakdown.

 

Does anyone know how to do this in Power BI?

 


@Elderin

Not the exact equivalent, but you can check Visual hierarchies and drill-down behavior and Use the new Matrix visual in Power BI Desktop (Preview).

We are also looking for similar feature where based on Time Slicer (Date/Month/Quarter/Year) selection Dynamically column header should change to reflect trailing Twelve measures - this reply does not help. It still remains the issue any help?

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