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Drill to details (view row-level data)

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Riccardo Muti on 13 Nov 2014 10:05:12

Whenever I see an aggregated metric (e.g., $483,572 in sales) - in, say, a column in a chart or a cell in a matrix - I should be able not only to drill down to a next level of detail, but to "drill to details" - all the way down to the individual rows of data (e.g., the individual sales orders) that make up that value.

Administrator on 29 Apr 2016 05:02:48

Thanks for all the feedback. We just released the April version of Power BI desktop, including new drill functionality. You can drill into a particular column in a chart and see the records behind that part of the visual. For more info on this feature and other features in our latest release, check out this blog post: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-april-update-feature-summary/

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dc3d7969 9a94-454a-844b-2b08494ce111 on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:31

RE: Drill to details (view row-level data)

I can do this in a matrix in Power View but not BI. Am I missing something

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595cd9b5 e7b4-4f74-a47a-85782eca0380 on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:28

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HOW DO I SELECT THE COLUMN TO SEE RECORDS FROM THE CHART? POWER BI SELECT THE RENDOM COLUMN BY IT SELF WHICH I DON'T WANT TO SEE IN RECORD.

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7bbde6b1 4335-4170-bd49-4f380a8e30a8 on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:45

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Please vote here https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/15332967-enable-see-records-from-matrix-and-table, if you'd like matrix and table to have "See Records" feature. It doesn't look like ideas that have been marked as "Completed" get any attention.

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4e2ed990 e62a-4956-94cf-e2ae7078a9e9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:24:53

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This is a great feature but it will be essential that you can turn this feature on and off. I am sharing dashboards and reports with external business users and want to be able to limit what they can see. I would need to stop using Power BI if I was not able to stop people being able to use the See Records button which would give them the individual records which is too much access to the data.

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f456e3a6 66ec-4367-b0b1-324586bd0221 on 05 Jul 2020 22:24:07

RE: Drill to details (view row-level data)

Not complete - does not work for a matrix or tabular data

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8a3c0777 411a-48a0-ba19-a42b02e1f92b on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:47

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Not complete

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aebf4d06 1fa1-4d92-8722-e39600fd471e on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:34

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I don't think it's completed. It surprised me that it doesn't support PowerBI online and calculated measures either. And it doesn't show all attributes in the "see records".

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851f242b 4f60-e911-a98c-000d3a4f3343 on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:13

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This feature only works with values as column data. Please enable for calculated measures! Thanks!

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86cba694 cecf-4936-a74e-dc92d3c2cb75 on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:54

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The feature is seriously incomplete: No full support across ALL the data sources , and not enabled at all in the Matrix.

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86cba694 cecf-4936-a74e-dc92d3c2cb75 on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:54

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Particularly painful the lack of support for Analysis Services (SSAS) both Multidimensional and Tabular.