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ahsanlhcgov
Helper III
Helper III

Selection list for column names.

Hi. Can someone please help me with this one. 

 

I have a table for all the expensenes monthly sliced. I need to have 1 column and have all the months as a selection so which ever I select it should show that months figures. 

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Please can someone look and advise if that is possible

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PavelR
Solution Specialist
Solution Specialist

@ahsanlhcgov select your period columns and unpivote them. Then you have exactly what you want.


Regards.

Pavel

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MattAllington
Community Champion
Community Champion

You need to unpivot your data during the get data process. 

 

Here is an old video I created. The principle and approach is the same in Power bi

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K7VS5oqjCxU



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

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MattAllington
Community Champion
Community Champion

You need to unpivot your data during the get data process. 

 

Here is an old video I created. The principle and approach is the same in Power bi

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K7VS5oqjCxU



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.
PavelR
Solution Specialist
Solution Specialist

@ahsanlhcgov select your period columns and unpivote them. Then you have exactly what you want.


Regards.

Pavel

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