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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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Michael Marinelli on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:11

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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.

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Srini on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:48

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Agreed. Struggling without this basic feature!

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:38

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This should be a basic Power BI feature, Excel implemented this more than 20 years ago.

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Neil on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:47

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Yes Please...

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Veronika on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:57

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Please, we would also apprecitate this feature. Thank you

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Eli on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:01

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It should be useful to be able to set the column width based on a numerical series

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Agustin on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:28

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need this!

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john on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:13

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I would like to be able to set the column width to zero if all values in the column were null

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ThomasDay on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:59

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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.

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Calvin Francart on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:21

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This definitely needs to be added for matrix visualizations.

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