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How to Create a Custom Table in Power BI

Updated on:
May 12, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to build a custom table in Power BI from scratch.

Quick summary

Creating a custom table in Power BI lets you manually enter and structure data directly inside your report without relying on an external data source. This step-by-step process uses Power BI's Enter Data feature to paste or type data, name the table, and load it into your data model instantly.


Steps

  1. Go to the Home tab and click Blank report to start a new Power BI report.
  2. Select Paste data into a blank table to open the manual data entry interface.
  3. Enter data manually into the table editor to define your custom table's rows and columns.
  4. Add a title to your table to name it before loading.
  5. Click Load to submit the table data to Power BI.
  6. Power BI will create a new table from your entered data and add it to the data model.

📌 Why this matters

Creating a custom table in Power BI allows analysts and report builders to introduce manually defined reference data or lookup tables directly into their data model without needing an external file or database connection. This built-in Enter Data feature speeds up report development by letting users structure small datasets on the fly, making it ideal for adding categories, mappings, or static values. Understanding how to use this workflow helps Power BI users maintain cleaner data models and build more self-contained, flexible reports.
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