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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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df046ba9 52b5-4588-8f39-e91ecd380f4e on 05 Jul 2020 22:19:30

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

This feature is extremely important for my company as well. The usability of this product will increase 10 folds if this feature is available.

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774839a2 79ae-4b91-93c4-ed70e52cf533 on 05 Jul 2020 22:19:15

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I think it would be wise to tie this to another existing idea to permit drill-downs to different visual types:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/10414680-drill-downs-into-different-visuals

More generally, changing the functionality of drill-downs such that they could be a "stack" of visuals created by the user, and not built-in functionality on a single visual type.

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c72808f3 2b9c-4274-95b1-fbf106d79f4b on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:59

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Well, it is 1,5y since this topic -is under the review. Perhaps it is a high time to address that, huh? This feature could save a lot of time of many business users. Please, speed up!

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9215908c ff5c-444f-9bf4-347fc462bded on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:31

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Power BI will blow the socks off my lot but I cannot show it to them without this functionality. At the end of pretty much every drill down they need to see either every row or the top ten.

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9215908c ff5c-444f-9bf4-347fc462bded on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:29

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We need this. Quite simply Power BI will blow the socks of my lot but I cannot show it to them without this functionality,

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eea40a1b 4e2a-44e0-af37-a76d1a0a26d6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:06

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A time saving business feature. Often I need to investigate the details that makes up the aggregate metrics to answer manager's business questions. The ability to drill directly into a subset of row data will allow me to important the subset data into another cube for data exploration and data verification.

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e7230b5e 78b3-499b-a6ab-f6f032bafe5a on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:05

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drill down on matrix please. Why does power view have it but not power bi?

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487cb0db 9f81-4e1a-8a4e-42625599e7cf on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:53

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Would like to have this feature implemented please. I have received several queries from my customers on this feature.

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87534177 1566-4e23-80b1-2da4a46fba3a on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:42

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The same goes for my customers who are interested in using Power BI. As long as there is no drill down possibility to detail level they will not use it.

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763e58ac 955c-486a-8c0c-4d87757d1709 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:32

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

YESSSSSSS