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Sean on 07 Aug 2015 03:38:36

Please add Collapse/Expand buttons in the Matrix Visualizations. Otherwise when all fields are expanded by default the user would have to scroll a lot to find what they are looking for. I could add a slicer to take user to the data they are looking for but then the rest of the data in the matrix disappears and more specifically the overall totals change!Expand/Collapse buttons would keep the overall totals as intended and totals for other fields while allowing the user to only expand the field they are interested in. Also ability to do conditional formatting for a specific field in the matrix would be nice. Thanks!

Administrator on 17 Nov 2018 02:34:25

With our November update of Power BI Desktop, you can now expand/collapse matrix row headers. You can read more on our blog: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-2018-feature-summary/#expandCollapse A few people were asking about column headers. As some of the work involved for column headers is different than row headers, we want to understand how many users specifically need/want column header support as well. If you need column header support, please vote on this idea that I added to UserVoice: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200/suggestions/36038050

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822a5022 6040-4675-8156-856705bf3e16 on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:29

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

Need to get the ability to look at % of row totals and % of column totals like excel, without writing a formula every time you need to do it, based on fields you are looking at and summing or counting.

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60bef283 c5d8-4f4b-82eb-2b2876992484 on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:47

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

I so desperately need this limitation fixed:

"You can only expand all items in a level at once, rather than expanding one category at a time"

I consider the matrix to be an almost USELESS visual without this functionality.

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9f2202e4 450d-4e6e-aecb-02fee366e309 on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:43

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

Sort on Total is not Working.

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e4dfd3d5 7c7f-4217-858b-db4d176a9ca1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:10

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Its is highly recommended to add " +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons", because by viewing the report itself its easy to know the drill down facility is there. Other wise the person don't have the technical stuff on this, in the production environment, how he came to know for seeing drill down data, until he know from other technical person. SSRS reporting and all other competitor tools has this "+/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons", then why Microsoft till did not introduced this feature. Every month Microsoft has introducing new user friendly features.. then why this feature has not been added till now, at least this month June updates we expect to see tis one..

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7184dd7b b53f-4519-b9d7-cea7a168e453 on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:51

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

When will we have the "Grand Rows Total" without Sub-totals into the Matrix Visualization?
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3a8c63bb c7f1-4ea9-88a0-975667a3a94a on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:50

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

This capability has been around since PivotTables started eons ago. I can't believe it still is not there for both tables and matrices in Power BI.

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1f01e070 45e1-472b-bab7-05c477366026 on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:31

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

Does anyone else have an issue with the page resetting once you scroll down on the matrix preview?

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cd09ee33 195d-4bb9-863f-bbd8256b7f63 on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:42

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For sure this will be useful.

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3153aff5 5261-4346-ba67-f4e363589b3d on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:06

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I'm missing the sorting function in the Matrix Preview visual! Like SSRS, you should get an additional option in Column Formatting where you can set sorting on the Group rows or Detail rows.

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813f701c bf39-43df-8caf-7209182403b1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:37

RE: Matrix +/- Collapse/ Expand Buttons

With the new Matrix visual, introduced in the March 2017 update, there is still some basic cross-highlight functionality that is missing, making for MISLEADING reports!
If you set up a New Matrix with two level on the Rows, then add your Value, and also add a Card visual to the report page and in that display the same Value as utilized by the New Matrix.
Now, browse the matrix by clicking on a member of the top level. Notice that the Card gets filtered.
Now turn on Drill-Down for the Matrix and click on a top level again. Notice that the Card does NOT get filtered!!!

Why can't I have functionality of BOTH Drill-Down AND CROSS-FILTERING from the matrix?!?
BTW, this same limitation exists for bar, column and other chart types that support drill-down.