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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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6f84da63 e3af-4507-9ac2-62e5dc263586 on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:26

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

Please add the functionality.

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aa7a76f5 0147-4c32-9a30-a1b4ac8bde3b on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:18

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

please do it !!

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ca106602 2c54-4eba-ae7e-70bfda0d2199 on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:15

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Yep. Please do it!

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23e4fdbb be5b-4e4a-b501-85cdc6d144f2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:10

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Please please please allow table and matrix data exports that look like the power bi matrix!! we have it in such a nice format but have to do sooooo much work still!!!

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9a85e9ee 988c-41c0-9116-0e0443579853 on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:00

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"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."

I couldn't have said this better! I really hopes this gets resolved. I'm trying to migrate a bunch of reports from SSRS into Power BI and I ran into this Power BI export format limitation. IN SSRS, the matrix format is kept when the data is exported.

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cce32945 b0fa-4547-b4ee-cebf735028b8 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:52

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Very much required for reporting in other programs like Excel and PPT. Our customers/end-users are not going to be Power BI users. Content needs to be able to be delivered in other mediums. Having the exact format from BI to Excel is essential

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af0cb608 0abd-4df5-af7e-925591cb9ad6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:52:44

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PowerBi is powerful to sort and to organize a huge amount of the data in a nice table, but it's really a pity not to allow the export into excel by keeping its format.

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702f37b8 4325-e711-8121-e0071b66ae51 on 05 Jul 2020 22:52:14

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This is really critical, the data becomes unusable when the matrix is lost. Business users do not only want to see the report online, they want a hard, printable copy!

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94caaddb 18af-49c7-938a-80511056836d on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:59

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Seriously ! why would one use power BI if they have to do re-work of creating a pivot in excel AGAIN ...

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6335bcfc 4b93-45fe-9ebf-4d3dd01ad6af on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:58

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We need the functionality, why would someone redo the work in excel.