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Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

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WALTER on 12 Jul 2016 18:08:52

I have volumes of information to share with my teams that is best presented in tables and matrices. It would be a huge improvement if they were able to export the data from the visualizations and have the formatting in Excel match the formatting created within PowerBI.

This would be especially helpful for ongoing forecasting activities.

Administrator on 27 Jul 2020 18:00:47

Thanks for your feedback on this issue - while we'd like to enable this, there is currently no timetable around doing so. There is the option as a workaround the create a paginated view as a drillthrough of the visual and have a formatted version you can export to Excel, but understand this isn't a solution everyone can take advantage of currently.

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97b82a08 2020-4508-abdc-7f24852e0a3c on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:16

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Going to pile on here...so needed!

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335d95f9 b2f8-451d-8c25-02135088ab30 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:12

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

We need this, but here are two more workarounds, just for fun.
1. Create a table with the same format that the matrix exports in Power BI, open the analyzer and copy the dax query and then connect to the datasource in Power BI Report Builder. Build a matrix there, and export that directly. You may have to add sort column as a row above the column headers to get them to sort. Export of matrix works perfectly from Power BI Report Builder.
2. Analyze in Excel the report. Build a pivot table from the live data model. The advantage of this solution is no export to excel is needed.

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bdd8b408 9f7c-41ed-95e1-bbefb784e321 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:04

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

This is a huge missing in Power BI. You should be able to create an XLSX export beyond a simple CSV.

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8f1afd47 d3d3-4971-ae7c-592e7d8175c8 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:01

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Add this useful feature

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c679bd97 0282-425b-a3fb-f69e69a1eabc on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:53

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Really need this feature please!

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afd25bae b07c-4e80-a17e-03acb3a1fef0 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:49

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

please add this feature

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d666aeda 943b-4012-9dc6-d45d8953e623 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:47

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

and I hope they consider the export of the matrix as is on the screen to excel. Dumping thousands of rows from an aggegated visual is dumb.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34526479-allow-export-of-summarized-data

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59d8faaf fcc3-4038-a73a-1943357d9475 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:35

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Hopefully, this feature will be enabled soon. I have tried the paginated work around, and it performs poorly. The performance is faster using an OLAP connection through Excel to the dataset.

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d464e98a 924c-4824-adb0-107b8e5218e0 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:31

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Please make it a priority to add this feature. This is a badly needed feature for our financial folks using this product, it should be a priority.

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5610f786 994d-4a7f-ac8d-08cbf9818175 on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:18

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

This would be very helpful! Thanks for your consideration.