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The Financial Reporting Matrix is a Power BI custom visual by Profitbase for building P&Ls, balance sheets, variance reports, and other finance-ready matrix reports — with custom columns, custom subtotals, conditional formatting, and theming.

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Getting started Install the visual and bind your first dataset.
Video tutorials Short YouTube walkthroughs.
FAQ Answers to the most common questions.
Get help Contact support or open a discussion.

Categories

🏁 Getting started

Getting started Install the visual and bind your first dataset.
Get the visual Install from AppSource or the Partner Center.
Use Premium features Activate and manage Premium / paid features.
Video tutorials Short YouTube walkthroughs.
Get help How to contact support and open discussions.
Add as Organizational Visual Deploy the visual across your Power BI tenant.
Find visual version Check which version of the visual you're running.
Testing beta versions in Developer Mode Try pre-release builds before they ship.
Data limit Row count and dataset size limits.
Security How the visual handles data and privacy.

🗃️ Data & structure

Adding data to the visual Bind rows, columns, and values to your fields.
Measure placement Control where measures appear in the matrix.
Treat columns as measures Use a data column as if it were a measure.
Ragged hierarchies Handle unbalanced hierarchies with missing levels.
Drill down Enable and configure drill-down behavior.

📑 Rows

Row expansion (overview) How row expand and collapse works.
Default expand rows Set which rows are expanded when the report loads.
Expansion indent size Control indent width per expansion level.
Show / hide expansion icons Toggle the +/− icons on expandable rows.
Row expansion direction Expand rows downward or upward.
Expanded rows auto styling Automatically style child rows when expanded.
Allow or deny expansion per row Lock specific rows from expanding.
Expand / Collapse all Add a toolbar button to expand or collapse everything.
Stepped layout Indented hierarchy display, similar to Excel.
Row grand totals Show and style grand total rows.
Custom subtotals (rows) Define subtotals that aren't based on the hierarchy.
Customize row styles Per-row fonts, colors, borders, and backgrounds.
Update all row styles, with or without conditions Bulk apply styles, optionally filtered by rule.
Update multiple rows Bulk edit properties across several rows at once.
Row Options Per-row configuration panel.
Hiding rows Hide individual rows from display.
Hide Row and Hide Row Hierarchy Hide a single row or an entire sub-tree.
Hide empty rows Automatically hide rows where all values are empty or zero.
Add custom indent Manually add extra indentation to specific rows.
Sorting rows / columns Control default and interactive sort behavior.
Banded row style Alternate row background colors for readability.

📐 Columns

Column styling (overview) Overall approach to styling columns.
Column headers style Style the column header row.
Column header grid lines Toggle grid lines in the header row.
Individual column styles Per-column fonts, colors, and alignment.
Column expansion (overview) How column hierarchies expand.
Enable column expansion Turn on the column expand / collapse feature.
Default column expansion Set which columns are expanded by default.
Column subtotals Show subtotals for column groups.
Row & Column totals Configure grand totals and the total aggregation type.
Custom columns (overview) Introduction to custom calculated columns.
Add custom columns Create a new calculated column with a formula.
Styling custom columns Appearance options specific to custom columns.
Hide column Hide a specific column from display.
Hide Empty Columns Automatically hide columns with no values.
Overriding column calculations Replace the default aggregation for a column.
Pin columns Freeze columns so they stay visible while scrolling.

🔢 Values & formatting

Values options (overview) Numeric display options for cell values.
Scale units Divide numbers by thousands, millions, etc.
Negative values formatting Display negatives in red, in parentheses, or with a prefix.
Zero values format Display zeros as blank, a dash, or another value.
Default formatting Default number format applied across the visual.
Thousand and decimal separators Configure separators used in numbers.
Formatting (overview) Overview of formatting options.
Conditional formatting Apply formatting rules based on cell values.
Cell formatting using Format function Apply format strings to individual cells.
Invert sign factor Flip the sign of specific rows (e.g. income-statement credits).

🧮 Calculations & functions

Calculations (overview) How the formula engine works.
Using functions in column calculations Call functions inside custom column formulas.
Most used functions Quick reference to the most common functions.
Financial functions Finance-specific functions such as NPV and IRR.
Date functions Date and time functions.
Logical functions IF, AND, OR, and related logic.
Math functions Arithmetic and numeric functions.
Text functions String manipulation functions.
Table functions Functions that operate over tables and rows.
Statistical functions Aggregations and statistical functions.
Operators Arithmetic, comparison, and text operators.
Keywords Reserved keywords available in formulas.
Offset Reference other rows, columns, or prior periods.
Custom measures (Add measure) Define reusable measures inside the visual.

⚙️ Features

Commenting Add comments to cells.
Data bars Show inline bar visualizations inside cells.
Export to Excel Export the matrix contents to Excel.
Web URL Turn cell contents into clickable links.
Applied steps Track and replay configuration changes.
Copy cell value Copy a single cell's value to the clipboard.
Tooltip Configure hover tooltips.
Title Configure the visual's title bar.

🎨 Theming

Theming (overview) How themes work in the visual.
Theme template v3 Theme JSON template, version 3 format.
Theme template v6 Theme JSON template, version 6 format.

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