Solved: Adjusting PowerBI Desktop layout - Page 2

decarsul · ‎10-08-2020

Good day all,

Recently starting to make the switch from power query / power pivot to powerbi desktop.

Now, one thing that has been really holding me back is the way powerbi desktop looks when working with the power pivot view.

In the excel variant there is a clear color distinction between non and calculated columns, same for creating measures, you have a seperate 'area' for that. PowerBI desktop just has everything open all the time.

So my question is, is there any way to make powerbi desktop less cluttered? so i can keep my measures together, know visually (colored) which columns are calculated and which are not?

PaulDBrown · ‎10-08-2020

@decarsul

There is a visual clue for calculated columns: they all have an icon by the name of the field:

Nevertheless, to keep things tidier, I would suggest:

1) As has been suggested for your measures, create measure tables to group the measures by categories (if necessary)

2) For calculated columns, create folders within each table to host the calculated columns. Label the folder accordingly - if you add a "1" at the start of the folder name, the folder itself will appear at the top of the list within the table.

To create a folder within a table, go to the modeling view and select the calculated column. Under properties, enter a name for the folder in "Display Folder". The folder will be created with the calculated column within: