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Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

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WALTER on 12 Jul 2016 18:08:52

I have volumes of information to share with my teams that is best presented in tables and matrices. It would be a huge improvement if they were able to export the data from the visualizations and have the formatting in Excel match the formatting created within PowerBI.

This would be especially helpful for ongoing forecasting activities.

Administrator on 27 Jul 2020 18:00:47

Thanks for your feedback on this issue - while we'd like to enable this, there is currently no timetable around doing so. There is the option as a workaround the create a paginated view as a drillthrough of the visual and have a formatted version you can export to Excel, but understand this isn't a solution everyone can take advantage of currently.

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542cecc1 c881-4e2b-b93b-9e8e9947435b on 10 Jul 2020 17:20:45

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

if you can not do it, just let every one know
instead of letting us checking and waiting for more than 4 years !!!

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0a915ac8 5850-4966-8c83-ea8490c63813 on 10 Jul 2020 17:20:41

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

This needs to be added as a feature. We currently use Analyze in Excel, but it is not an efficient solution for many.

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b98aa6db 1a05-4e88-b349-009c4ad2a341 on 10 Jul 2020 17:20:39

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

We are currently migrating a number of reports to Power BI whilst testing that the data matches, discovered that I cannot export the data into excel as a matrix - the other reporting tool used exported perfectly.

This means that we will need to work on the excel document which is adding extra time .. I was extremely surprised that I could not export a very simple matrix......

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5f8e581a 1b81-4fc1-937c-f33f709afe81 on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:51

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Can you please add more detail on the suggested workaround in the Backlog response above? I don't understand what it means and how I would implement this. Thanks.

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8dbee5fe 2b73-4437-8e71-e28e090d734a on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:51

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Since 2016 people asked for this and around 4000 votes, now almost we are in 2021, every month I update so hopefully Microsoft added this, till now it didn't

go to hill Microsoft

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fc2bef65 8daa-4f59-8c14-5ea2a578440c on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:51

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

A valid reason for users to be upset. This request has been ongoing for such a long time and is part of the top 10 ideas now and microsoft still can't comment on a timeline. They probably can't get it right like Qlikview has. Not sure what reason for the lack of communication on this feature is Sujata. Your Team really needs to look into this. Users are really frustrated.

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08946af1 68eb-435d-a13c-86dff74f6f52 on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:01

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Are there any updates on this feature since January? This is critical and, from a user standpoint, basic missing functionality between two Microsoft products.

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be1ad458 39d9-4dc1-8127-9e63e95fc295 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:39

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

This is the biggest deficiency I see with Power BI, 4,000 votes!!!!. End users need to quickly be able to cut and past into excel.

Until this happens I am still building functions in excel from the ground up.







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8dbee5fe 2b73-4437-8e71-e28e090d734a on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:23

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

since 2016 people asked for this and around 4000 votes, now almost we are in 2021, every month I update so hopefully Microsoft added this, till now it didn't

go to hill Microsoft

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1f82c3c5 e6be-4fff-9d80-911a793eb2c1 on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:21

RE: Allow Table and Matrix Data Exports to Match PowerBI Visual

Please add this feature! Even if I could export to PDF and show the ENTIRE matrix instead of just one page would be helpful.