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on 15 Apr 2017 02:28:08

Add the ability to control the size of the grid in Power BI.

It's great to have snap-to-grid functionality and gridlines in Power BI Desktop. However, I haven't used this feature much because the standard grid size is not useful for my particular reports. I need the ability to change the size of the grid to make it more/less dense depending on my scenario.

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Martin Matthews on 05 Aug 2024 09:00:56

RE: Adjust grid size

I would also find it useful to have a grid layout you could set completely manually. A way to select the height and width of visuals/slicers to a limited set of sizes which would fit (say) four or eight across the page without having to manually set the size and then see it change when you position by dragging. Then snap to positions which suited consistent gaps between these consistently sizes objects. I do this manually but it wastes hours every week especially as Power BI doesn't seem to like pixel-based positioning even though it uses it.

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Sandeep Mukkala on 12 Apr 2024 17:11:21

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Need this ASAP it is been asked for quite sometime. The space between the slicers or visuals has to be adjusted automatically. Which is common in Tableau.

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Edwin van Bentum on 07 Feb 2024 12:32:04

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Please add this future. If you want to be the best dashboarding tool this has to be in it! Question is almost 7 years open so a little speed will help.

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Richard Tait on 08 Nov 2023 14:56:05

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Needed badly. Sometimes it seems to have a smaller grid size. But the default size is far too big.

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Petja Sjö on 27 Jul 2023 10:42:34

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Urgently needed feature to not have the reports look like they've been made in paint.

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Kayla McIlvaine on 06 Jul 2023 19:33:30

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The grid is massive for standard size reports- ability to change the grid size would improve things considerably.

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Olle Arnell on 02 Jun 2023 10:41:31

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Would significantly improve the quality of design and UX for reports built in Power BI!

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Matt Belliveau on 06 Apr 2023 20:14:32

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I'd like to add centering the grid. I don't understand how it is even useful without being centered on the canvas.

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Adam Ludnow on 08 Mar 2023 14:36:58

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We have recently started using looker studios for our Digital Marketing reporting and it is available in this tool. Overall, the way I can design and build reports in looker studios tool is far superior to Powerbi unfortunately. My Directors are now wanting the Powerbi reports to look just like the looker studio ones, Snapping to grid is only a small part of the difference between the two but the amount of time it saves by being able to quickly set up grid widths report wide and not having to set it the properties tab is unbelievable.

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Miro Maraz on 17 Jan 2023 15:43:25

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Absolute necessity. The fixed size grid isn't a good enough solution. It also can not be that hard of a change to make. If you don't want to work on PBI Desktop features, open source it so the community can take care of little things like that and it does not have to wait 5+ years for features like this.