Power BI - Rename Table Column headings

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Power BI - Rename Table Column headings

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July 12, 2017 at 10:22 pm

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jverdickt Valued Member Points: 57 More actions · Answer 1

What would be the drawback for using "Renaming fields in visuals" option in PowerBI to solve this ?
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-feature-summary-2/#rename

peter.robinson SSC Rookie Points: 49 More actions · Answer 2

Daniel Taylor-446457 - Wednesday, July 12, 2017 10:22 PM
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The July update solves this problem

jguthrie 93678 SSC Rookie Points: 49 More actions · Answer 3

Nice timing 🙂 PowerBI release today includes renaming of column headings.

Daniel Taylor-446457 Mr or Mrs. 500 Points: 501 More actions · Answer 4

Thanks for the comments. The July update solves the issue highlighted.

Fantastic to see Microsoft responding so quickly 😉 anyone like anything else solving for tomorrow? ha ha.

On a semi-serious point. The article was written well before the update & in response to anumber of comments in the internet where users were having issues with columnnaming restrictions. It’s great to seeMS listening to its user base and continuing to improve Power BI with each release . Thanks!

david.gugg SSCertifiable Points: 6030 More actions · Answer 5

LOL, with the Power BI update that just came out, the timing on this article is funny.

Regardless, thanks for sharing Daniel Taylor. It's great to see more Power BI content out here as SSC.

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kasipathi SSC Rookie Points: 43 More actions · Answer 6

Renaming fields for a specific visual is possible with JULY update. This lets us give an "alias" to the column in that specific visual while leaving the actual column name alone.

How to rename:

In the formatting pane:
Double click on column and then rename it.
Or Right click on the column and then select rename for renaming the column.

The rename will affect the Tooltip also.