Power BI

Needs Votes

Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

Vote (621)

vetabz on 13 Apr 2017 22:45:23

I so wish that you consider providing the ability to "Apply Width to all Data Columns" and maybe to Rows as well. This can be just a toggle (checkbox).

My current experience was to resize each of the 90-day worth of data and it was not very productive and I had to do this each time a new batch comes in.

Comments (43)

on 09 Dec 2021 21:20:17

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

It would be great if we can adjust the column width by indicating it to have columns with equal width. Also the option "Distribute columns" that is used in PowerPoint would be really helpful.

on 09 Dec 2021 21:20:16

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

I would like to be able to expand and contract the width of columns

on 09 Dec 2021 21:20:16

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

column width should not change once width is fixed and auto column width is off. Presently it is working if column are fixed for matrix. If column changes based on slicer filter . It is not working

Alex Batey on 08 Dec 2021 01:04:33

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

The inability of being able to set fixed column widths in a matrix and the column widths being retained when you change years in a slicer has meant customer will not use Power BI to meet their reporting requirements.

Bernat Agulló on 23 Nov 2021 10:28:01

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

To whom it might interest, this is the workaround I came up with --
https://www.esbrina-ba.com/the-ultimate-hack-to-set-column-widths-in-a-matrix/

but I agree we should not need a hack for such a basic thing!

Claire Allwood on 10 Sep 2021 00:40:23

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

Sometimes a pain? Always a pain. I am continually astonished at the simple things Power BI cannot do. For a software that is supposedly about visualisation, you cannot do anything useful with column widths, colours, pattern fills, styles. You can't even do combined graphs with multiple axes without downloading custom visualisations. This is a joke. You would think PBI would have more style/format customisation possibilities than Excel, not way less. At least you can VBA stuff native Excel won't do.

Harika Karella on 02 Aug 2021 14:18:59

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

column width should not change once width is fixed and auto column width is off.

Neil M on 14 Jul 2021 17:00:48

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

Absolute joke this is not an option...

Joe Brazell on 21 Jun 2021 18:28:26

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

I agree with everyone else in this case. It is not an edge case. It is a basic function that exists in pretty much ALL Microsoft products except Power BI !!. We have it in Excel, Word/PowerPoint (Tables), Access, etc., etc.

DEV PLEASE PRIORITIZE!

Jeroen Alblas on 14 Jun 2021 14:38:06

RE: Ability to "Apply Width to All Columns" of Table, Matrix & Matrix Preview

Hello there - 2021 calling. This is a very relevant feature request since 2017. Any status updates?

Merged Idea (2)