Measure name disappearing in a matrix when I go from 2 measures to just one measure

[bsheffer]

I had a matrix with two measures in the values and a month series in the columns
when I removed one of the measures, the remaining measure still shows its values under the month columns but the name of the measure disappears.

I'm having difficulty inserting a picture so let me try to mock it up

          JAN  FEB  MAR
yoy    5       7     9
YTD   20     30   40

if I remove the YTD it becomes

    JAN  FEB  MAR
    5       7     9

any idea of how to make this stop?   I had to make a dummy measure and rename it to blank as a placeholder to keep it from happening but I'd rather it not happen at all.

         JAN   FEB   MAR
.
YOY  5        7      9

[Chedva · Accepted solution]

You can do this with a walk around:

1. Add 2 Measures, the YOY and YTD,

2. in  Values turn on 'Show on Rows'

3. Then in the field formatting change the YTD to show values and background to white and apply it on the header as well so you can't see the measure is there.

[amitchandak]

@bsheffer , I think is the property at the show on row? Single measure name is not shown?

[bsheffer]

tried that.  still disappeared.

[v-easonf-msft]

Hi , @bsheffer 

Sorry ,I didn't find any related solution or thread.

As of now, It's difficult to achieve your requirement .

If you only have one field  in  values of matrix ,values header  will not be displayed directly even you didn't apply the option "show on rows".

I would suggest you add it as an idea on Power BI Ideas forum. If there are enough votes, the Product Team will evaluate and take good consideration about it.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

[jthomson]

Just tried looking at the same thing - getting the same behaviour, unfortunately I can't see an obvious way to get it to display without the sort of hacks you've already tried