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Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

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Srinivasan Turuvekere on 22 Oct 2015 07:17:35

It would be great if you could select multiple columns in the data view e.g. the hide multiple columns from the report view in one operation.

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Sollarasu Gunasekaran on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:33

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

Cant select more than one column to format in Data Model, what a pain, Hope Microsoft fixes ir soon

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Ashley Reilly on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:49

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

While you can manipulate multiple columns at once in the Edit Queries options, you can't select they unique type of date format, e.g. m/d/yyy in that view (at least not that I can figure out) and you must still adjust individual columns in data view.

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ser.email@yahoo.com on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:00

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

YOU CAN... You don't manipulate your columns in just Data View you do it in Edit Queries which is a tab on the Home Page of your Data View. If you use Hold Ctrl you can select multiple columns individually. If you use Hold Shift and click on the first and last column you want it will include all of them in-between.

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Ivan Rodriguez on 05 Jul 2020 22:46:08

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

Will save big time when working with multiple sets

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Raj Krishnan on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:54

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

When you have a large table, this will be big time saver instead of going column by column ...

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John Glynn on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:05

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

This would be great

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Jnett on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:38

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

Yes, please add this functionality, it will save a lot of time.

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Adriaan Jacobs on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:37

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

Hi guys, is this functionality available yet?

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:01

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

This should also apply to measures so you can hide or format multiple at a time. In addition, can the unhide all please have a 'are you sure' modal. Really frustrating when you click that after tediously hiding columns 1 at a time

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:40:04

RE: Allow selecting multiple columns in the data view

hi,

at a time multiple selection is available are not in power bi in a filter