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    Mario Nelaj on 14 Feb 2017 04:45:43

    It would be great if we could change columns labels/names in the standard visuals (Table & Matrixes mainly). In our company we have a data warehouse build to support the PowerBI tabular model with the data. The field names in the data model are not the most intuitive to our PowerBI End User. It could be great if we could change the way the field labels are shown in our tables to be more intuitive and meaningful without needing to change the field names in the data model.

    Administrator on 06 Jul 2017 13:05:17

    With today's release, you can now rename any field within a chart or table! Learn more in our blog post: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-feature-summary-2/#rename

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    bf65dfea eae1-45ff-9537-f3c1a67d7da1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:05

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    This feature has been added. Once added to a visual, you can rename the field and it will appear as specified.

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    12e647d5 6a3a-4b20-a452-7a14623839e4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:01

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    please add this feature

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    ec588dd4 f12c-4f02-831d-a9e222000623 on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:58

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    Will this feature be added to Power BI Desktop Report Server edition? Is this the right place to post this?

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    164e7a80 2a3c-424c-be5d-15edeb0e6187 on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:39

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    We need to be able to rotate the column headers!!!

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    3f9eafdb bbfc-498b-ac61-5b259769ca96 on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:08

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    Please we need this critical feature also in Power BI On-Premise

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    0418cab0 3a79-4259-9891-2945bed97b82 on 05 Jul 2020 23:00:54

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    It would be great to be able to rotate text for the column headers in tables and matrixes. some of my data descriptions are lengthy and it ruins the look of the visuals.

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    746eb553 6e44-42c5-ab58-70810f34fafd on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:21

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    The ability to show values in matrix/columns aligned vertically is still missing.
    Amanda, what you have marked 'Completed' does not provide this ability.

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    3f9eafdb bbfc-498b-ac61-5b259769ca96 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:41

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    When will this feature be available in Power BI Report Server ??!!

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    bc69a56b 1bf1-4054-96e6-192d2473bdd5 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:16

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    Agree with Frenk (comment on July 8, 2017). I just spent plenty of time "organizing" my data into Hierarchies, and I just found out I cannot rename the columns for fields from a hierarchy. Please provide this feature. It will be extremely useful.
    Thank you,
    Eduardo

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    2255dddd 642c-4ace-9bf5-9ef966cecc06 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:14

    RE: Change column labels/names in the visual

    Hi Amanda, this is really great. I've been waiting for this feature for ages! Thank you!
    One thing though. If you use a live connection to SSAS Tabular, the "Rename" option doesn't show up for fields from a hierarchy.