Purpose
Use Custom Report when end users need a flexible table or pivot-style report directly inside Power BI.
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Documentation
A self-service table or pivot table for Power BI, with column-level filtering. Users can analyze directly without needing a new report page every time.
Fields and measures
Add the dimensions and measures that should be available in the report and configure their presentation.
Column filtering
Filter individual columns directly from the visual to narrow the displayed report data.
Table and pivot views
Switch between table and pivot-style reporting depending on the analysis need.
Formatting
Configure headers, widths, totals, fonts, number presentation and report behavior from the Format pane.