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Text wrap in tables, cards, etc.! -- in dashboards and reports.

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Margaret Djenohan-Sparkman on 12 Nov 2014 03:57:53

I created an Excel workbook with an XML feed from A.W.rd.A.Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/rss1.xml. I created a table in PV; text in the description of the word is cut off. I upload to PBI and create a tile. Text in the tile is also cut off. Not cool!

Administrator on 11 May 2017 06:38:12

In the May release of Power BI Desktop, we launched the preview of the new table visual. Both the new table and new matrix visuals have support for word wrap in cells. To learn more about the new table visual, check out this blog post: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-feature-summary/

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4612671e 1e7d-4469-89e1-85dfaec67bb0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:18

RE: Text wrap in tables, cards, etc.! -- in dashboards and reports.

Hello Amanda,
Any update on if this? I am looking for the word wrap in tables as well.

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a3898d52 095f-4635-a24d-40bdbcec0d83 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:07

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Same is true for me. Text wrapping is needed in all kind of reports

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5089e036 9320-4017-9e97-1fbdd3bb665d on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:02

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Yea, I agree. Formatting is key and PowerBi is lacking it.

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caed0a89 77d2-45e2-8c28-388bc1dec6d5 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:59

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Impossible to use Power bi without this feature for me :(

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c1fa3088 1ec6-4547-8d8b-f873c4870f96 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:55

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I agree with a lot of the comments below. MS is releasing a lot of new features and visuals in other areas, which is great, but not having some of this basic formatting makes the dashboards look amateur at best. IMHO they should shift development focus heavily onto formatting things like this, as I'm not able to use PBI as it is.

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d498b7f2 1d1c-4ec7-869c-01eb7f9bb6a6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:51

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Any update... Not having these basic functions is really making this tool feel like it's a toy and not an enterprise solution.

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47e4c221 1e96-4683-916a-51751da30766 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:44

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vvvvvvv (below comment): Power BI lacks a lot of basic formatting...

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65d0386c b565-4b87-ba57-fad7a5a6f4a1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:19

RE: Text wrap in tables, cards, etc.! -- in dashboards and reports.

Hello, Is it possible to wrap text in a Table by now?
I have a Table in a DashBoard that I would like to wrap the text because it is too long. I don't want the user to use the scroll bar.

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3c553eff 219c-416d-b59b-c6d6cc1824be on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:19

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This is a critical feature. Please prioritize this for your upcoming releases. Thank you.

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4e048464 75f4-425b-a429-574436ae7f14 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:18

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Please keep this issue on high priority, the inability to do text wrapping is holding up a managerial automation project.