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freeze column in a table chart

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Jordan Kline on 29 Jan 2015 10:25:15

It'd be great to be able to freeze a left hand column in a table so users can scroll and keep track of what row they're looking at

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Emilia Barberio on 01 Apr 2021 12:33:30

RE: freeze column in a table chart

This functionality is urgently required for the customers - it would be great if you could install this in PBI Desktop!

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Stefano de Gemmis on 23 Mar 2021 12:02:43

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2021 and still not implemented?

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Joe Fulmer on 16 Mar 2021 11:02:55

RE: freeze column in a table chart

Not replicating very basic, intuitive Excel functions into PowerBI tables is such a shortcoming.

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James Watts on 04 Feb 2021 10:36:36

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Given the issues with screen space in Power BI, this is essential - we have lots of long text strings in tables, and the lack of being able to freeze the left most columns is a major hold-up in moving people off other tools.

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VIVEK D on 26 Jan 2021 16:23:07

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Would be good if the Power BI team takes a little pause and just looks at all the little features like these and clear them off before moving to flashier items.

Sometimes a well-designed table of values can provide way more insight that any visualization and freeze columns is a must-have functionality in a table visual. In column filters would be another one.

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Christine Wurtz on 14 Jan 2021 03:53:16

RE: freeze column in a table chart

Some tables can be wide, not because we, the designers, want them to be, but the consumers ask for it. These same consumers are used to the freeze columns in Excel and it would be really great to be able to do the same in Power BI.

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Heather Chen on 03 Dec 2020 23:12:19

RE: freeze column in a table chart

While matrix visuals have this feature (to freeze some of the columns), some people just want tabular data that they can sort without any hierarchy, but have more columns than fit in the width of the screen. Being able to freeze some of the columns on a table visual would be very helpful.

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C J on 17 Sep 2020 08:40:09

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Scrolling is inevitable, without the ability to freeze first N columns, tables are hard to use

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David Hartung on 31 Jul 2020 20:54:03

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My users want more columns than the report width allows. Please, allow freezing column(s).

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Toni Sosa on 10 Jul 2020 17:21:40

RE: freeze column in a table chart

Please allow us to be able to freeze columns in a power bi table.