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Ronny Hagen on 25 Apr 2016 18:41:29

I would like to group visuals, textboxes and shapes to create custom features and presentations in the reports.

Administrator on 04 Dec 2019 05:33:34

This is now available in Power BI Desktop. Learn more here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-august-2019-feature-summary/#grouping

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b98ca01b d902-4492-9090-6e7db5217b49 on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:00

RE: group objects

I think every MS Office product has this. It's a definite must.

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a50605d7 a7d6-4ef7-963c-3873a5608ab7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:49

RE: group objects

Allow Visio type grouping of visuals so they can be moved around on the page as an autonomous unit and allow copy/paste of the group.

Then we can create a single unit of visuals that are used multiple times on a page.

The format for the autonomous unit would only include the common data fields, X/Y positioning, and scaling %.

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38938c18 ff74-4fcb-94a5-179f3296dade on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:45

RE: group objects

Yes

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075d84d3 1498-4438-afc1-cd7beb30d7e3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:01

RE: group objects

This is an important feature. It should be given high accord.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:35

RE: group objects

How is it that this idea has so few votes? Does everyone like dragging around one visual at a time? There are a couple of other similar ideas, so perhaps a moderator can consolidate same/ideas, so they can get some traction!

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641eedca de19-4dcc-baec-3304a7cba9b4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:14

RE: group objects

Please add this feature in. It would be so useful!

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01671dee 56cf-4ea2-84b2-1d5cb51767a9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:05

RE: group objects

I think Poerbi needs more vote to look upon this fix. They are not doing any UX fix and waiting for users to raise their complaints and only after reaching certain votes they will look into this matter.

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01671dee 56cf-4ea2-84b2-1d5cb51767a9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:04

RE: group objects

Why not simply let user to select multiple shape like PowerPoint. Every Microsoft user is habitual for selecting multiple objects in that way. Then why you are implementing everything differently in Powerbi which is not user friendly. Overall UX is crap.

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73a6048f 8d10-48d3-975d-ebbf3f70dd47 on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:54

RE: group objects

Just adding my vote.
Ctrl + Click to select multi is so painful

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17312326 8423-4935-9b14-b134f265298a on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:25

RE: group objects

'@PowerBI, do you have some kind of prediction for these feature implementation? It's in the roadmap?