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Power BI Matrix Visual Not Displaying Full Date Range Due to Column Pagination Limitation
I understand
As written, either you show less years (eg start from 5 years ago) or you show less details
Cannot you consider to show the last 5 years for example? That can be dinamically calculated and would solve the problem
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Francesco Bergamaschi
MBA, M.Eng, M.Econ, Professor of BI
Hi gowtham911,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
Based on what you've shared and the visual evidence, it looks like you're running into a rendering limitation of the Power BI Matrix visual. When you display multiple measures across many months (like MoM %, YoY %, and Count), each month adds multiple columns. Across 11 years, that's well over 400 columns, which can overwhelm the Matrix rendering engine in Power BI Desktop.
Apart from FBergamaschi's response you can also check few other work arounds like instead of showing the full range from 2014 to 2025 all at once, consider using a slicer to narrow down the period (like 2-3 years at a time). You can use a separate Year or Month slicer.
Or you can use Drillthrough or Bookmarks which allow users to select a year or product and navigate to a detailed breakdown. This keeps the Matrix clean and avoids hitting layout limits.
I would also take a moment to thank FBergamaschi, for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know.
Best Regards,
Hammad.
Hi gowtham911,
As we haven’t heard back from you, so just following up to our previous message. I'd like to confirm if you've successfully resolved this issue or if you need further help.
If yes, you are welcome to share your workaround so that other users can benefit as well. And if you're still looking for guidance, feel free to give us an update, we’re here for you.
Best Regards,
Hammad.
Hi gowtham911,
Hope everything’s going smoothly on your end. As we haven’t heard back from you, so I wanted to check if the issue got sorted.
Still stuck? No worries just drop us a message and we can jump back in on the issue.Best Regards,
Hammad.
Hi gowtham911,
We noticed there hasn’t been any recent activity on this thread. If you still need support, just drop a reply here and we’ll pick it up from where we left off.Best Regards,
Hammad.