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select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

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M on 18 Dec 2015 00:04:18

Ability to select multiple columns (using ctrl/shift) for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop in the Data mode

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:08

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

This would be good for applying format types too.

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Milan on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:31

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

This solution is good work around.

https://datachant.com/2017/01/24/power-bi-pitfall-5/

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Alisher on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:42

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Fully support the request. Huge waste of time.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:54

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

PLEASE MAKE THIS POSSIBLE

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:11:25

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

'This was driving me crazy but I've found a quick workaround which only works if the columns are next to each other:

- Hold down SHIFT and use the keyboard arrows keys to select multiple columns.
- Press SHIFT + F10 to bring up the menu to hide the columns.

Still not ideal but hopefully it will save someone a bit of time.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:44

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Hi, vote for this feature as well. It's not rational at all to hide columns one by one.

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Preeti Sethi on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:36

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Imported entities from Dynamics CRM. And now so many columns that are not going to be of value in a report , am removing or hiding one by one. It is so time consuming...also accidentally hit "unhide all" and lost 2 hours of work, as there is no undo setting for this available.

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Gene on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:26

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Very much agree this is a needed option. If you import an entity from Dynamics CRM; you are provided many columns that are not going to be of value in a report or dashboard. Removing them one at a time is almost not worth the time.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:19

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Could you add a 'repeat last keystroke' button, while we wait for multiple column select?

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LN on 05 Jul 2020 23:05:06

RE: select multiple columns for hiding/deleting in PowerBI Desktop

Although there is only over 100 votes here, I can see there are a couple of other ideas pointing to the same feature. The fundamental request is to be able to share Dataset across different work spaces. This is a game changing feature to move Power BI towards a real enterprise solution. "Share dataset with multiple reports" is one big step, now we just need this second step to happen!