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Martin Haman on 19 Oct 2017 19:50:47

Multilanguage column headers.
For example: in US will be column headers in English and in CZ will be in Czech language... Some switching is possible by RLS, but for column headers?

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98151ea6 f29d-440d-9951-cbb19c589f08 on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:52

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In the table visual, allow the opportunity to manage this by dragging a list of text measures onto a specific box of the Fields pane (below that of the Values one).

This is absolutely a must have!!!!!!

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d1d83c68 f70c-4637-a7f0-9251db034873 on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:24

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Portuguese language would help a lot the Portuguese speaking countries' people.

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f5dad7b4 0a83-484a-ae9e-b5bebd00bd5f on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:41

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Is very appropriate about improving a tool that is already helping us...!!!

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602d9b7e a15e-4923-9915-5077473bd042 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:41

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I would like Power Bi to make available only the children and youth having data quality issues and not all the individuals.

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1fb38ea4 17c0-417f-8fde-12628cf27790 on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:04

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Would be awesome to count with this feature soon! thanks in advance!

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347c945c 025b-4838-b1c0-ed4332cdac50 on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:03

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This functionality is highly important particularly for users from Africa where English is not widely spoken. Thanks

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9303536d 40d8-458b-8098-591e244b7227 on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:59

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Since this one doesn't have many votes (i can't understand why i haven't) does anyone have a workaround for this (that isn't multiple dashboards) ?

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bd2bef13 bc24-4da4-aecf-f01ca52e0bf7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:59

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I totally agree with this. Within my organisation I have to develop multiple dashboards. In the current situation I have to create a dashboard for each language. To me this issue is the biggest issue I have with Power BI. It would be helpful if headers could be linked to metadata or created by a formula.

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15eb4ec9 deae-4f85-9b8a-09d7f0817cb1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:21

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Absolutely necessary in international environments as well a multi-lingual countries (BE, CH, CA, ...)

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0164cbfa 821f-e911-a95b-000d3a4f36ce on 05 Jul 2020 23:04:59

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May I suggest we take this one step further by borrowing a key idea from XBRL. Each column header could be linked to a metadata table keyed on:
1: the original name from the query;
2: the language identifier (suggest using ISO639 codes as default but allow others for internal use);
3: label type; and
4: label role
Label type is either
"Label" for text that appears as per the current situation; or
"Documentation" for text that appears in a pop up box as you mouse over the "Label" text.

This is the key to attaching user documentation to explain the purpose/meaning of the data in the reports so that it is always available and accessible to users because it's part of the report itself.

Typical label roles would be:
Standard label
Short Label
Verbose label