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ROG
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

Table formatting help needs

Hey guys,

 

I'm struglling to create a table/matrix in Power BI similar to the one below from excel. Would you know how to do it?

Power BI table.

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Excel table

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Many thanks!

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marcelsmaglhaes
Super User
Super User

Hey @ROG !

If all "accounts" are metrics, you can't put them that way in a visual. You must have a descriptive column with the account values. This need is based on the concept of data modeling and has nothing to do with Power BI. 

 

In Excel you can do this because it is a writing tool that accepts everything.


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Marcel Magalhães
Microsoft Power BI Official Partner
MCT | Certified PL-300 Power BI

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I understand @marcelsmaglhaes  Thanks very much! 

marcelsmaglhaes
Super User
Super User

Hi @ROG 

The budget cannot be in the same column that you have the accounts. In your data model (your table) you will need transform row budget value into a column like the image below. After that you will achieve the matrix in Power BI.

 

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Kind Regards,
Marcel


Regards,
Marcel Magalhães
Microsoft Power BI Official Partner
MCT | Certified PL-300 Power BI

If I've helped, don't forget to mark my post as a solution!



Hi @marcelsmaglhaes 

 

Thanks very much for the quick reply.

 

In my model, the below are metrics and I can't add them to rows/columns in a matrix. Is there still a way to have something siilar to yours, or bacuse they're measure it won't work?

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Thanks!

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