Billy on 01 Jun 2018 22:32:01
Allow user to set column widths en masse. Ideally for each variable. For instance, I have sales and market share for each of ten years. If I am not good with the auto set width, rather than having to manually modify the width for each year, I should be able to either enter a width for the field OR manually change one and have the other years follow suit. Either would be helpful, rather than visually setting the widths and hoping I have them equal.
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RE: Set Column Widths
I totally agree!! With no reference to the actual width of the columns, it is a big time wasting activity to try and get tight and uniform columns.
RE: Set Column Widths
This would be a huge improvement to speed up formatting tables/matrices with a large number of columns.
RE: Set Column Widths
this is a really important and a basic feature. Please add it soon
RE: Set Column Widths
I really don't understand how this is not already available. To me this seems like something that should have been available right out of the gate and here we are years later still waiting for it.
RE: Set Column Widths
Agreed. Struggling without this basic feature!
RE: Set Column Widths
This should be a basic Power BI feature, Excel implemented this more than 20 years ago.
RE: Set Column Widths
need this!
RE: Set Column Widths
There are many ideas pointing to issues with how powerbi matrices and tables handle column widths. It is honestly inconceivable that these visuals cannot have widths set to a value for one, many, or all columns... There is not another spreadsheet (perhaps ever) that didn't allow that. (Visicalc, Lotus 123, Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, Tableau, to name a few) It's such an obvious need that it doesn't get much play here and the width issues just continue to be buried and pushed aside by sexy features.
Sure would like it to be fixed. I have 5,000+ potential column headings depending upon filters (not every table is months of a year) and what can I do with that? Set each one on every matrix that uses that column source? I'm sure I'm not alone...we're the silent majority I guess.