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jfarland
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PowerBI Matrix widget not showing horizonal scroll bar when content changed to rows only

Hi All,

I have searched different postings in this forum but there seemed to be no resolution posted for enabling a horizontal scrollbar with a Matrix widget.    The example being shown is data only in rows and not using the column option.     How can the horizontal scrollbar be enabled?

 

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Settings for Matrix:

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Thanks for any advice that can be offered.



 

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Anonymous
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Hi @jfarland ,

 

This is a by design behavior for the matrix visualization.

Power BI is treating the matrix 'rows' like 'freeze panes'. In Power BI, the Matrix visualization does not scroll horizontally by design. The variables you put into the 'rows' are fixed and not scrollable because they are frozen. Only the 'values' will be scrollable, not the rows. A workaround is to increase the size of the sheet to include all the table.

 

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Gao

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Anonymous
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Hi @jfarland ,

 

This is a by design behavior for the matrix visualization.

Power BI is treating the matrix 'rows' like 'freeze panes'. In Power BI, the Matrix visualization does not scroll horizontally by design. The variables you put into the 'rows' are fixed and not scrollable because they are frozen. Only the 'values' will be scrollable, not the rows. A workaround is to increase the size of the sheet to include all the table.

 

Best Regards,
Gao

Community Support Team

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

How to get your questions answered quickly --  How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum

Thank you for all the responses

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