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Standardize the User Interface Elements

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Todd Chittenden on 13 Jan 2021 22:54:28

Please standardize the User Interface elements.
Example: When looking at the Reports section and you highlight a numeric field, the Column Tools Menu is visible. In the Properties group is one named "Summarization" with options of (and in order of appearance) :
* Don't Summarize
* Sum
* Average
* Minimum
* Maximum
* Count
* Count (Distinct)

You can also set this same property from the Relationships pane, but there, the group is "Advanced", the property name is "Summarize by" and the options, again in order of appearance, are:
* Default
* None
* Max
* Average
* Distinct Count
* Sum
* Min
* Count

7 items in one list, 8 in another, and only 3 of them line up exactly by name: Sum, Count, & Average.

In the top list, the order appears somewhat logical. In the bottom list, the MOST USED ITEM (Sum) is second from the bottom.

What is "Default" in the bottom list? That's new.

Also, the expand/collapse icons for the Properties and Fields sections (as seen in the Relationships pane) are not consistent. Heck, even the font spacing is way off.

This is an indication that Power BI developers are just getting ahead of themselves, throwing new features into the product and not standardizing things.

EVERY PROPERTY needs to be called the same thing in EVERY place it shows up. All the design elements need to be consistently sized.

Even the font spacing of Fields is different from the Reports page to the Relationships page.

Consistency is just out the window.