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bcobrien1977
Helper V
Helper V

Unable to Bin Data- Group Type is Greyed Out

Hi,

I have a large data set and I am trying to group these into something is visualy presentable. I have a text field Portfolio Summary and a simple count of the issues.

 

When I use the new group function and try to bin them, the option is greyed out.  Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?

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Thanks!

 

 

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andriychenko
Frequent Visitor

The feature (grouping/binning) does not work with any live connection to PowerBI/SSAS semantic models and in PowerBI Service - only in thick reports in PowerBI Desktop - so it is pretty much useless for any enterprise reporting. Please cosider upvoting the feature: Microsoft Idea and here: Microsoft Idea

andriychenko
Frequent Visitor

also here: Microsoft Idea and here: Microsoft Idea

andriychenko
Frequent Visitor

The feature (grouping/binning) does not work with any live connection to PowerBI/SSAS semantic models and in PowerBI Service - only in thick reports in PowerBI Desktop - so it is pretty much useless for any enterprise reporting. Please cosider upvoting the feature: Microsoft Idea

miTutorials
Super User
Super User

Here is a tutorial on how to create bins. Make sure you are doing this on a numeric field.

 

Create Custom Groups / Bins / Bucket in PowerBI without using DAX | MiTutorials - YouTube

serpiva64
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

from this situation

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you first need to select your data choosing them

serpiva64_1-1689172039623.png

next botton Group is abilited

 

Right but you cannot change the group type.  Selecting on values doesn't help that at all. 

Hi, 

if you want to bin by number you have to bin on a numeric field (not a text field)

serpiva64_0-1689173655402.png

 

 

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