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Harry Leboeuf on 25 Apr 2017 15:19:25

It would be a good thing that a moderator groups some ideas. When looking for ideas I see very often multiple ideas saying a bit the same thing. I know, all due to users not searching good and starting all their own idea.
But this makes the votes for some good enhancements to low. Quite some people have the same idea is a good sign that their is a need, but all these votes get spread .. And that is not good.

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42aee11b dd38-e811-a955-000d3a1be7ad on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:46

RE: Group Ideas

Make a repository somewhere where a user can find their ideas.

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a92640e2 9aa9-4bbe-ac79-fd46e98c9402 on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:10

RE: Group Ideas

Totally agree... So many of the same ideas. Some users (like myself) have started to try to link them together by commenting on related ideas, pointing the ideas with less votes to the largest...

Please fix the site to have a better way to sort on creation date, and clean up all the duplicate ideas! Seriously, hire a dedicated person to "combine" ideas and combine unique votes all into one.

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f020ab10 9c8f-44e6-ad84-f24a2ea17ea0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:26

RE: Group Ideas

I think the main gripe here is that there are multiple ideas posted that are duplicates of one another. If they remain separated, they will not reach the top of the list. Some overlap with different categories too so I am not sure they can be easily found when using the list off to the right.

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ab50bb7a 5603-4201-a657-b0a0f60de947 on 05 Jul 2020 23:04:44

RE: Group Ideas

Agree!! This would definitely help MS as well, as duplicate ideas would be consolidated, making it easier to identify the most popular requests.

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a822e0bf 92d3-4bba-a55c-23b8374f3772 on 05 Jul 2020 23:04:21

RE: Group Ideas

Where is the new and top button? Can you describe in detail where this is located?

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37906af5 3f35-4073-a801-121bd9d67451 on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:48

RE: Group Ideas

The Power BI Ideas site is useless until you don't add a basic feature of sorting of ideas by number of votes and creation date! First take care about the tool we can use to prodive you our feedback, and then perhaps you will hear the real voice of Power BI community. And I guarantee, you will be able to work on the new features with twice that pace (after you get rid of duplicated ideas).

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81ce4dee 9a3a-4f38-98cd-2bc49c0c5fa2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:35

RE: Group Ideas

I find the idea forum is loaded with duplicates of ideas where votes and comments are split between multiple threads.
It would be useful if the community could propose a merger with other ideas on the forum (with the link) and then admins could merge the ideas and remove the duplicates.

I think this would make it easier for Microsoft to gain a clearer idea of what users want. And for users would help their ideas to gain a common thread of conversation, plus gain a stronger voice for the ideas they want.

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b954d207 aa70-4c38-b318-6a28f722f2b2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:12

RE: Group Ideas

I'd like to be able to add a screenshot to these ideas

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a8c9bc29 bae1-426e-890c-dd7c5accc249 on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:22

RE: Group Ideas

Have a look at this update:
http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/The-ideas-forum-has-duplicates-therefore-votes-are-diluted/idc-p/190339#M8836

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a8c9bc29 bae1-426e-890c-dd7c5accc249 on 05 Jul 2020 22:50:10

RE: Group Ideas

I agree. As the community grows the problem will increase.

There are some very basic, fundamental limitations in PowerBI that are covered in multiple ideas with low votes that if they were joined would appear much higher up in the list and stand a chance of being fixed. This is very frustrating and needs to be resolved.