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Valesco
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5 years ago
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How do I visualize this table?

Hello everyone!   I'm fairly new to Power BI and struggling to visualize data. This following screenshot contains a table with demographic data for municipalities per year (see columns -> J2017, J2...
  • daxer-almighty's avatar
    5 years ago

    The data structure is obviously incorrect for what you're trying to do. Use Power Query to unpivot the data so that all years are in one column (this is a one-click operation). Then and only then will you be able to easily do what you want. Do not work against Power BI's philosophy unless you want to suffer a lot. Work in harmony with its principles and you'll reap the fruit in no time (and things will be easy and fast). Please read this to always model data correctly.