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Hello,
Any idea why a matrix in Power BI would not show the same result as a pivot in excel? The excel is reading from the Power BI dataset published in the service.
Looking at the table in Power BI I confirm there are no blanks in Cost Center:
Thoughts?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Turns out there was blank rows. Not sure how I missed them, especially since I check with the filters.
Thanks all!
Hi @Aron_Moore
The blank cell actually represents the total items , you could change the option setting if you’d like to show the same visual as Matrix:
Uncheck the “Classic PivotTable Layout”
Best regards,
Dina Ye
Turns out there was blank rows. Not sure how I missed them, especially since I check with the filters.
Thanks all!
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