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Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

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Amanda Rivera (SHE/HER) on 17 Nov 2018 02:30:35

Vote on this idea if you want expand/collapse on column headers in the matrix similar to what was shipped for row headers in November (https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-2018-feature-summary/#expandCollapse).

Administrator on 28 Jan 2023 20:33:12

10/20/2022 - Just an update, this is an extremely expensive item, which is why it has not been picked up yet. I promise we will revisit this after we ship visual calculations

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Mark Miller on 21 Sep 2023 22:13:44

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

Any updates? This should be a priority. 10,000 people asking for it...

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Michael Madden on 22 Aug 2023 03:21:32

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

This feature is a must, any update?

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Sarah Maria Gallego on 15 Jun 2023 19:18:18

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This feature has been available in excel for years. It is a great way to have more information in one visual.

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Robert Hawke on 08 May 2023 16:35:08

RE: Add expand/collapse feature to column headers

This idea is the perfect representation of the entire idea and feature process at Microsoft.


This is not rocket science. If they can do it on rows, they can do it on headers.


BUT:

1) It is nothing they can use to sell more licenses, advertise, throw into marketing videos ("We can do +/- on columns" isn't a great sign of how innovative we are compared to "look at our cool new AI feature")


2) It is also no "brilliant new idea" that developers/managers get excited about, something that you are proud to work on and be part of the team and therefore internally pushing (like probably on-object editing which I'm sure some people internally are extremely excited about). Developers also want to do new cool things, not work on adding a "boring feature" that Excel 2000 was already able to do.


And therefore, these usability improvements, that frustrate thousands to millions of users, just don't get any priority or resources, no matter how much we all complain here.