Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Calling all Data Engineers! Fabric Data Engineer (Exam DP-700) live sessions are back! Starting October 16th. Sign up.

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

matrix visual header formatting

Hello - I'm trying to understand how the top left most cell is populated on a matrix visual when you have both column and row values.  It seems to display the name of the rows field, but formats itself to match the columns which is confusing to the report user. See example below.matrix.PNG

 

I am looking for either a way to have it display the field name that is in the columns value location or a way to format it to match the row header formatting. Kind of like this:

matrix2.PNG

 

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

 

1 REPLY 1
v-juanli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous

There is no such option in power bi currently, you could distinguish the "row" and "column" with a workaround as below.

create a column in the table

rwo/column = "column"

11.png

 

then add "row/column" in the "Column" field, and click on the "expand" icon on the top-right of the matrix.

12.png

 

Best Regards

Maggie

Helpful resources

Announcements
FabCon Global Hackathon Carousel

FabCon Global Hackathon

Join the Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon—running virtually through Nov 3. Open to all skill levels. $10,000 in prizes!

October Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - October 2025

Check out the October 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.