Power BI currently forces automatic display unit scaling (K/M/B) with no global way to disable it.
This creates a recurring problem in real-world reporting:
- Every visual must be manually configured
- Existing reports require repetitive rework
- Formatting becomes inconsistent across pages and visuals
- Display unit settings are harder to locate after recent UI changes
For many business scenarios (finance, operations, regulatory reporting), full numeric values are required, not abbreviated ones.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR
Provide a global setting (report-level or tenant-level) to define default display units:
- None (no scaling)
- Thousands / Millions / etc.
This setting should:
- Apply to all visuals by default
- Be overrideable at the visual level if needed
- Work consistently across all visual type
BUSINESS IMPACT
- Reduces manual work and report maintenance
- Ensures consistent formatting across reports
- Prevents user confusion from mixed units
- Improves usability for enterprise reporting
This is a basic formatting control, but currently requires manual configuration per visual, which does not scale.
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