Display list of data across two columns to fit on one page

  • Display list of data across two columns to fit on one page

    Posted by DSC Communities on December 29, 2022 at 3:06 pm
    • David Carr

      Member

      December 29, 2022 at 3:06 PM

      I have (several) lists of data to display on a very simple report.Ā  I have two issues both with trying to get the data from these multiple lists to be able to display on one page.
      (1) How do I make it so that, regardless of the number of rows returned in the query, that the report section dynamically expands.
      (2) How can I spread the data across two columns?

      For example I have one list:Ā  New Cases, that has two columns (Owner and Contact).Ā  I don’t know how many rows will be returned.
      I have a second list: Ongoing Cases, that has the same two columns,Ā  I’d like to be able to create a report list this:

      Table 1: New Cases
      OwnerĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  ContactĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  OwnerĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā Contact
      ——–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā ———–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  ——–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā ———–
      WashingtonĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  DaveĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  KennedyĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Julie
      LincolnĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  RichĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā FordĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ben

      Table 2: Ongoing Cases
      OwnerĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  ContactĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  OwnerĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā Contact
      ——–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā ———–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  ——–Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā ———–
      WashingtonĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  PaulĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  KennedyĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Joan
      LincolnĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā JasonĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā Ā 

      I don’t know how many rows will be returned, but I want to split the data across the two columns so that both have the same number of rows.
      How can I define these report sections to spill the data from one result set across two columns?
      Thanks!
      Dave

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      David Carr
      Visionary Software Consulting, Inc.
      Marylhurst
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    • James Watts

      Member

      January 3, 2023 at 6:15 AM

      I don’t think you can dynamically resize visualisations in Power BI.Ā  If you use a paginated report you can though.

      To split the data into two columns, I would do something like:
      – add an index column
      – add a calculated column that is the MOD of the index column – MOD([Index],2) .
      Ā  Ā – this will give either 0 or 1 for each row
      – create two visualisations and filter each to show either 0 or 1

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      James Watts
      Business Intelligence Analyst
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