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Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

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PaulK on 16 Jun 2016 21:59:12

Thank you for adding the linear trend line, however Power BI would be much more powerful with additional trend line functionality. We would love to see advanced options such as polynomial, exponential and logarithmic trend lines.

Essentially the trend line functionality from excel would be perfect

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c0495205 0f0e-4075-a17e-244f8efe853b on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:36

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

Must have

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9e4860bb 4c46-4a48-97d4-9df22c360812 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:21

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

In addition to this, it would be useful if you could add trendlines to the combo visual (line and column/bar) for the line on the second Y-axis. I recently added a 30 day moving average line to a line and stacked column visual in power bi by using DAX measures but carrying out the same functionality in Excel is a couple of clicks (add trendline, change period to 30 days).

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cfb2d39d 11a1-443f-9d8b-59bfb81fbc18 on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:44

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

I recall this feature being added in September 2016 and I was using it as recently as March 2017. Then, sometime after that the functionality was taken out. It doesn't seem to be there in the January 2018 build. Can anyone offer insight into if/ when this feature will be reintroduced?

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378e1551 e7be-4a42-b6d0-dc198f1bbcc7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:54

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

Please, please, please recreate the trend line functionality we have for charts in Excel. Would love to have a moving average or polynomial option (as would our users)!

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a011da0a 982d-409f-b935-5aff83c08517 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:43

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

The trend line option is good but it could be better ! Now it is too basic, maybe more options as "Show trend equation" and options of trend line calculation (exponential, polynomial...)

[I am using Power BI last release on 4th January,2018.
What's more, I am french so my text can hide some mistakes]

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450d5183 77b7-4bb5-a1b7-ea7eced1113f on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:29

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

I agree with this post, this would be a quick and easy fix!

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8e316038 c72b-42ee-b548-a7746ad8a54e on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:45

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

while this is still open, I've posted a very basic version Excel-TREND-function for PBI here: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Formula-for-trendline/m-p/86449/highlight/false#M36271 (can toggle number of Intervalls, but no individual slope and intercept)

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4ef379c6 c03e-443c-8150-e73bd00593ab on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:44

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

A lot of suggestions like this one (conditional formatting for matrices being another example) amount to requests that Microsoft make Power BI more like Excel. One has to wonder whether more effort ought to be put into making Excel work with Power BI than into duplicating Excel's features in Power BI.

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027399e6 fa5f-4546-a3b2-71f0fc16f46f on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:02

RE: Advanced trend lines in charts (polynomial, exponential,...)

moving average, ability to toggle # of periods, and smoothed lines please!

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e0ed0be1 7d2e-4bf7-a4a6-f937772afb76 on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:41

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KIND OF FINANCIAL TREND LINES MAY BE INCREDIBLY USEFUL LIKE MOVING AVERAGE, FORECASTING, ETC.