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katina's avatar
katina
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1 year ago

Formatting (Column Tools) not available in Power BI (Version: 2.137.1102.0 64-bit (October 2024)

Hi,   Does anyone else have the same problem? When I open the data in the Power BI Desktop, there doesn't appear the Column Tools tab as I choose any numeric value from the field list? Only the Tab...
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shafiz_p's avatar
shafiz_p
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1 year ago

Hi katina  The Column Tools tab where you find formatting option is contextual and only appears when you select a column of table in the data view and report view.

But in your screenshot, I found that lots of option disabled like table name, mark as date table etc. Those should be enabled. See image:

 

Please go to the model tab and check if there is formatting option available, like below:

 

You can try dummy table connection and check those options available or not. If not try uninstall and download the latest version and install again from the given link:
Power BI Download 

Hope this helps!!

If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution and a kudos!!

 

Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz

  • katina's avatar
    katina
    Icon for Helper II rankHelper II
    1 year ago

    This is weird, the model view is totally empty but I can see the fields (and data) both in the report and table views (but I'm not able to format it at all)

     

    I just uninstalled and installed the latest versio, also Windows is updated.

     

    The same problem occurs with every pbix. I have to try one more time, if restarting the laptop will help.

     

    Any ideas how to solve this? - katina