Daniel on 25 May 2016 04:06:06
When data labels are enabled on visualization types where data overlaps (such as clustered bar charts and line charts), there are occasions where data labels do not display, or it is difficult to tell which label corresponds to which bar/line. There should be better customization options for Data Labels, which would ease comprehension of various visualizations. In particular, for the varied types of bar charts:
- Label location: start of bar, middle of bar, end of bar, end of chart
- Label/Background colour matching: change the label's text or background to match the bar to which it corresponds
- Label Stacking? If a label would overlap with another, display both of them slightly offset, instead of only displaying one label.
- Comments (59)
RE: Better data label customization
This is very important!
RE: Better data label customization
It can also be very hard to match a data label to a point on a line graph with a continuous axis, as per my Twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/InsightsMachine/status/1231796779231760384
Perhaps we need an optional setting to plot an actual marker on a line graph that corresponds to each data point and/or add a leader line.
RE: Better data label customization
When will we be able to use text data labels to label graphs directly? So easy to do in Tableau!
I was hoping with Charticulator that we could do it, but unfortunately we lose customizations with the Export as Power BI Visual option. There is a way to hack the SVG but it's so complicated for the outcome...
RE: Better data label customization
Hello, it appears that labels concatenate automatically when multiple fields are stacked. This occurs with bar and column charts. For column charts, the switch to un-concatenate is not working. For bar charts, there is no switch to un-concatenate.
RE: Better data label customization
How long will it take for this to get resolved? :-(
RE: Better data label customization
Really need to be able to turn off the concatenated drill down data labels, this makes the label way too long even just one level down and would preferably drill multiple levels
RE: Better data label customization
I would love to be able to turn off the concatenated drill path labels on the x-axis of charts, when drilling concatenating the parent dimension makes the label too long.
RE: Better data label customization
It would be good if you can allow only the total of a particular line column value to be appeared through data-label feature. Currently the report has a feature to display all the values with in a particular column. Can we get an update on this?
RE: Better data label customization
Sometimes in a stacked bar chart (and other charts), the bar is small so you can not see the number label. However, it would be great to see the label anyway as in Excel. It is a really important detail from the customer.
RE: Better data label customization
It would be nice if you make it work just as flexible as in Excel labels to start. So far, it is really difficult to show a simple line chart with 2 measure, since sometimes they overlap or change position that does not make any sense.