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Mart1980
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Helper I

Visualisation

hello,

 

i am having trouble trying to visualise the table attached in power bi. What i need is that i have a list of projects which will be used as a filter in power bi . So every time a project is selected i need a line graph to show all the different values  for that specific project for each month. The issue is here the months have different columns so when i try to visualise it does not work. Any advice on this ? 

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parry2k
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@Mart1980 you can unpivot the data in PQ and then you can use it the way you want:

- select all columns except months columns

- right-click, unpivot other columns it will add two columns, attribute, and value, rename these as per your requirement
- close and apply

and now you can easily visualize it in matrix visual.



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parry2k
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Super User

@Mart1980 you can unpivot the data in PQ and then you can use it the way you want:

- select all columns except months columns

- right-click, unpivot other columns it will add two columns, attribute, and value, rename these as per your requirement
- close and apply

and now you can easily visualize it in matrix visual.



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
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kpost
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Super User

First, you'll have to pivot or unpivot ( I forget which) the date columns in power query.

 

Power BI cannot read the data the way it is now.  It has to be like this:
Category,Date,Data
Category,Date,Data
Category,Date,Data

Note that every ROW is a complete data point containing all the information.

That's your first step.

Post back here if you get done with this step and are still having trouble.

//Mediocre Power BI advice, but it's free//

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